Whiting Foundation Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan
Darryl PinckneyWhiting FoundationIn @TheTLS, Declan Ryan calls Whiting winner Darryl Pinckney's COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER "a biography by stealth." https://t.co/3VNg5NTKet
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Piano Lesson
August WilsonWhiting FoundationFor @NewYorkTheater, Jonathan Mandell's recommended summer theater reading includes TOPDOG/UNDERDOG by Whiting Award winner @suzanloriparks @TCG and THE PIANO LESSON by Whiting Award winner August Wilson @PlumeBooks. https://t.co/TpShJ2Jt8G https://t.co/Ifh98uF1RK
Paperback, 1990
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The New Earth
Jess RowWhiting FoundationCongratulations to Whiting winner @row_ie_argument, whose THE NEW EARTH has won an Earphones Award from Audiofile magazine! https://t.co/DH6yhe5IoM
Hardcover, 2023
$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Best Barbarian: Poems
Roger ReevesWhiting FoundationCongratulations to Whiting Award winner Roger Reeves for making the #NBAwards shortlist for his poetry collection BEST BARBARIAN from @wwnorton! Read more and order the book at https://t.co/taMK3FCRoe @nationalbook https://t.co/CCVWHxoWbG
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sam: A Read with Jenna Pick
Allegra GoodmanWhiting FoundationWhiting winners Allegra Goodman (SAM) and Jen Beagin (BIG SWISS) are on @voguemagazine's list of most anticipated books of 2023! https://t.co/lL7lVkwKvF
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony MarraWhiting Foundation"It’s the very people waving around pocket-sized Constitutions who are the first to ban books." For @lithub and @FnFtalk, authors @Wsterrell and @V_V_G speak with Whiting Award winner Anthony Marra about his historical novel MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS. https://t.co/aosADyPiAE https://t.co/6wrlBW0LSJ
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
Molly ShannonWhiting FoundationFor @ELLEmagazine's "Shelf Life," Molly Shannon (author of the memoir HELLO, MOLLY!) chooses THE CORRECTIONS by Whiting Award winner Jonathan Franzen as the book that "has the greatest ending." https://buff.ly/3lvxk2c https://t.co/lZubzksTFD
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mount Chicago
Adam LevinWhiting FoundationFor @lithub, Whiting Award winner @TeddyWayne1999 interviews authors Nick Drnaso (ACTING CLASS, @DandQ), @jinittowinit (SELF-PORTRAIT WITH GHOST), Adam Levin (MOUNT CHICAGO, @doubledaybooks), @glossitis (MOTHERCARE), and @drlwatkins (PERISH) https://t.co/ZMjMjmJyHK https://t.co/Ep2QGNlb9D
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
Julie PhillipsWhiting Foundation"She didn’t see how a mother could be a hero." Read an excerpt from THE BABY ON THE FIRE ESCAPE by Whiting grantee @jcfphillips via @tordotcom https://t.co/RCHvXc8XOY
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Planes
Peter C. BakerWhiting Foundation"Peter C. Baker delicately crafts the internal lives of these very different people, whose longings for connections beyond themselves are forever missing the mark." For the @nytimes, Whiting Award winner Laleh Khadivi reviews PLANES @AAKnopf by @apcbapcb. https://t.co/RuQLu1A0A8 https://t.co/5BPJSP1MzL
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book