Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Ross Douthat on Dealing With Lyme Disease
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Amity and Prosperity
Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold is a poignant work of investigative journalism that chronicles the struggles of a single Pennsylvania family and their rural community as the expansion of the fracking industry fractures their environment and daily lives.
Discussed“You just mentioned Nomad land which was of course turned into a movie but originally a book by the journalist Jessica Bruder and you also recommend in the colum you compare it to that book and another non-fiction book by a journalist AMD and prosperity by Eliza grosswald”
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Nomadland
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder is a journalistic exploration of older Americans who have chosen a transient, van-dwelling lifestyle following economic displacement, working seasonal jobs across the United States.
Discussed“You just mentioned Nomad land which was of course turned into a movie but originally a book by the journalist Jessica Bruder and you also recommend in the colum you compare it to that book and another non-fiction book by a journalist AMD and prosperity by Eliza grosswald”
Where to get it
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Resuscitation of a Hanged Man
Resuscitation of a Hanged Man is a novel by Denis Johnson that delves into intense psychological themes and complex human experiences characteristic of the author's distinctive literary style.
Recommended“well I'm reading a novel that came out in 1990 called resuscitation of a hanged man by Dennis Johnson it is his fourth novel and I think it was his last book before he became a big star”
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Jesus' son
Jesus' Son is a potent and slender 1992 short story collection by Denis Johnson that portrays the chaotic, gritty lives of marginal figures through the perspective of an unreliable narrator.
Discussed“and I also see why it didn't break through the way that Jesus's son did”
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Our Country Friends
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart is a pandemic-era novel that follows a group of friends who isolate together in a country house as the world shuts down.
Recommended“I am reading our country Friends by Gary steinard which is it just came out and it's getting a fair bit of attention as kind of being built as a pandemic novel”
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows several Americans whose lives connect through trees and their deep relationship with the natural world.
Recommended“so I recently read Richard pow's the overstory you know just like four years after everyone else read it”
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Other mentions in this episode (20) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he's the author of many books including the decadent Society to change the church Bad Religion and privilege”
“he's the author of many books including the decadent Society to change the church Bad Religion and privilege”
“he's the author of many books including the decadent Society to change the church Bad Religion and privilege”
“he's the author of many books including the decadent Society to change the church Bad Religion and privilege”
“Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club novelist had chronic lyme disease and wrote about it as you know she would like drive to the grocery store and forget what city she was in”
“this is Young yun's second book her first book is a thriller called shelter and oh beautiful follows a young woman”
“the award for fiction went to Jason mot who won for his novel hell of a book which weaves together three different narrative threads”
“the non-fiction winner was tyia Miles who won for all that she carried the Journey of Ashley sack a black family's Keepsake”
“the award for poetry went to Martinez bada for his book floaters which honors migrants who have drowned in the Rio Grand”
“the award for translated literature went to Winter and Soo which is by Alisa shua dapa translated from French by Ana Bas Higgins”
“then the award for young people's literature went to last night in Telegraph City by Melinda low which follows a queer 17-year-old in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare”
“Jesus's son”
“and of course the book won the Pitzer prize and I read it right after reading bewilderment his new novel when he was a guest on this podcast to talk about that”
“I've read Jesus's son of course and his other Story collection the postumus largess of the sea madeen and his debut novel angels”
“I've read Jesus's son of course and his other Story collection the postumus largess of the sea madeen and his debut novel angels”
“and then he won a national book award for his novel tree of smoke which I also read and it's kind of a prequel of sorts to Angels”
“one of the interesting stories was a fictionalized version of a real person who was a previous guest of the podcast Suzanne samard who wrote Finding the mother tree discovering the wisdom of the forest”
“I'm reading resuscitation of a hanged man by Dennis Johnson”
“and I'm reading our country Friends by Gary steinard and I read the overstory by Richard Powers”
“and I'm reading our country Friends by Gary steinard and I read the overstory by Richard Powers”