Steve Silberman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Tom Veitch - whose extraordinarily varied career went from being a Benedictine monk, to a NY School poet ("Death College" featured an afterword by Allen Ginsberg), to the acclaimed Dark Horse line of #StarWars comic books - has died of #COVID19. Here's a poem from his early days. https://t.co/yGemMgwC0u

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Interesting "setlist" for essays written by @BobDylan in his upcoming "The Philosophy of Modern Song." Fascinatingly mixed bag of choices, from surprises like "Volare" and "Pump It Up," to "Truckin'," to crap like "Witchy Woman." [via @bourgwick and @JochenMarkhorst on Twitter] https://t.co/5zsEPp2BJM

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@WovenAntelope David adored Michael and recorded several tracks with him. Michael co-wrote this amazing track, "Arrows." Production was too much and cover art was atrocious but lyrics and melody are wise and gorgeous. https://t.co/ljZZCOK9CN

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Rest in peace, incisive writer Joan Didion, author of "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" and "The Year of Magical Thinking." "Her talent was for writing about the mood of the culture. It was a perfect conjunction of the writer with the moment" - Katie Roiphe. https://t.co/e6hwxGJhur

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Thrilled to meet one of my favorite living writers, Lucy Sante, author of "Low Life," "The Other Paris," and "Maybe the People Will Be the Times." Fascinating person and brilliant writer, reading tonight at 7pm at @MakeoutroomSF. https://t.co/nG78J9SW1u

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The great @DwightGarner puts a proper dagger straight through the heart of Jared Kushner's "Breaking History," a book of lies and self-aggrandizement by a vapid, soulless grifter. https://t.co/n2u8Vixu3A

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Don't miss this very powerful piece on raising a daughter with chronic ilness by @Abbys480. Searing writing. (My next book is also on #cysticfibrosis, and I can't wait to read Abby's.) #CF #CFAware https://t.co/uPWpFgQtFV

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Reading about late Sen. Harry Reid in the age of vapid tools and "useful idiots" for Putin like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Madison Cawthorn, Marge Greene, and Lauren Boebert is like watching "Get Back" in the age of Haircut 100 and the Pet Shop Boys. https://twitter.com/fordm/status/1476005947864719362?s=20

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Me too. I'm a lifelong #Trek fan and respectfully offered Shatner a free copy of my history of #autism, "NeuroTribes," when he started putting down #autistic folks on Twitter. He wasn't exactly emulating Spock's appreciation of IDIC: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations." https://t.co/twHDqKoxxR

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Neal Cassady, Beat muse of Jack Kerouac's novels, Allen Ginsberg's poetry, and @GratefulDead's "The Other One," was born OTD in 1926. This is my very favorite passage of Kerouac ever, from the overlooked "Visions of Cody," inspired by Neal. Sorry for the small print. https://t.co/qhT05qPGos