Yaddo 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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A Calling for Charlie Barnes
Joshua FerrisYaddoFor All Together Now: Arts Celebration Weekend in Saratoga—Masterful humorist and acclaimed author Joshua Ferris will be on hand to discuss his latest novel, “A Calling for Charlie Barnes,” on Sunday, June 5, 4 p.m. See you at Northshire Saratoga! @NorthshireToga #saratogaarts https://t.co/liqEmtCM9n
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Andrea ElliottYaddoBig congrats to #Yaddoartist @andreafelliott who was just awarded the #PulitzerPrize2022 for General Nonfiction! For more on Andrea and her remarkable book, "Invisible Child," have a listen to season 2 episode 5 of our Shadow // Yaddo podcast! https://twitter.com/YaddoToday/status/1461356079183384582
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Madam C.J. Walker
A'Lelia BundlesYaddoCelebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a book a day! Here’s the biography of Madam C.J. Walker, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist, written by her great-great-granddaughter, #YaddoArtist A’Lelia Bundles. The book inspired the Netflix series Self Made. https://t.co/Vk8E1ehQad
Hardcover, 2008
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Five Wounds
Kirstin Valdez QuadeYaddoCatch up with @kvquade, whose new book "The Five Wounds" digs into the rich Latinx heritage of New Mexico, this Thursday on Episode 18 of Shadow // Yaddo! Check out this interview with Kirstin and her fellow #YaddoArtist @meredithmaran in the @latimes: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-03-27/a-novelists-fierce-homage-to-new-mexico-rich-latinx-heritage
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
Danyel SmithYaddoShadow // Yaddo hosted by Elaina Richardson is out now! Legendary editor, producer and author @danamo on the book she was born to write—Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop. Listen here: https://www.yaddo.org/s2-e12-interrogate-celebrate/ https://t.co/rvCy7Gz4Rn
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Magician
Colm ToibinYaddoComing up soon! In concert with Northshire Bookstore, we are delighted to present an evening with Colm Tóibín in celebration of the paperback release of his novel, The Magician. More info: https://t.co/yWhk6zzTtG https://t.co/vKhOtsVcaM
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
A'Lelia BundlesYaddoCelebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a book a day! Here’s the biography of Madam C.J. Walker, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist, written by her great-great-granddaughter, #YaddoArtist A’Lelia Bundles. The book inspired the Netflix series Self Made. https://t.co/Vk8E1ehQad
Paperback, 2002
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Time Outside This Time
Amitava KumarYaddoNext Tuesday, Jenny Offill & @amitavakumar will be on hand to discuss his new novel, "A Time Outside This Time," an electric response to fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth gives over to fiction. @NorthshireToga RSVP for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yaddo-presents-amitava-kumar-a-time-outside-this-time-tickets-170362230016
Paperback, 2025
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Another Dimension of Us
Mike AlboYaddoThis Wednesday! We’ll be with our friends at @ptknitwear for the launch of @albomike's new book, Another Dimension of Us. Join us - free with RSVP. https://t.co/zVVY3crAU9 https://t.co/JWM9K65Kuu
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2009
Elizabeth AlexanderYaddoCelebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a book a day! Poet Elizabeth Alexander’s debut collection! She first came to #Yaddo in 1990, almost two decades before she delivered “Praise Song for the Day” at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. https://t.co/vhteM3P0kE
Paperback, 2009
$8.00$4.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book