Episode · The Book Review · 2019-08-16
Jia Tolentino on The Book Review: books mentioned
Jia Tolentino on Life With the Internet
Pamela Paul recommended Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley, and discussed Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino and others. John Toler discussed Hunting trips of a ranchman by Theodore Roosevelt. Lauren Christensen recommended Tar Baby by Toni Morrison. Andrew Lavallée recommended Heads of the colored people by Nafissa Thompson-Spires.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Trick Mirror
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino is a widely acclaimed collection of cultural essays that examines the illusions and complexities of modern selfhood in the digital age.
Discussed“she is the author of a new essay collection her first book it's called trick mirror”
Where to get it
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Hunting trips of a ranchman
Discussed“he went out to Dakota bought a ranch and came back and wrote a a book called hunting trips of a ranchman”
Where to get it
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Tar Baby
Toni Morrison's novel Tar Baby received thoughtful reflection and recommendation across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Recommended“I just finished Tar baby”
Where to get it
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Heads of the colored people
Heads of the colored people by Nafissa Thompson-Spires is a critically acclaimed collection of satirical and poignant short stories examining contemporary Black identity, pop culture, and race in America.
Recommended“a Story collection by nefisa Thompson spes called heads of the colored people”
Where to get it
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Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley is an intimate and humorous graphic memoir that chronicles the author's difficult journey through pregnancy, miscarriage, and eventual childbirth.
Recommended“the book is called kid gloves nine months of careful chaos by Lucy nisle”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“who wrote The Great Book man and nature in the 1860s”
“and it's a little bit like reading Rachel cusk's a life's work where you you just feel this resentful feeling”
“one is called relish my life in the kitchen”
“and one is called something new Tales From A makeshift bride”