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Carrie Brownstein recommended The Devil Finds Work in Books (curated)

 
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin | 2021
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"Baldwin is one of my favorite writers and cultural critics. His work always feels both relevant and revelatory. This book-long essay on film and moviegoing is part memoir, part homage to cinema, and also an exploration of the ways corrosive ideas seep into the collective imagination."

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Michael C. Hall recommended I Remember in Books (curated)

 
I Remember
I Remember
Paul Auster, Joe Brainard, Ron Padgett | 2012 | Essays
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"This book is a gem. A memoir in the form of free-associative prose poetry, it’s deceptively simple and spare. Brainard’s collage of matter-of-fact remembrances creates a rich and tender portrait of the writer, his time and place, and magically mirrors the reader’s equivalent humanity."

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Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) in Books

May 25, 2018  
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Frank McCourt | 1996
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8.5 (13 Ratings)
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Angela's Ashes was an extremely heavy, tragic but touching memoir peppered with humor and emotion and love. Frank McCourt is a master at telling stories, but this memoir of his Irish Catholic family, spans so many subjects, so creatively and so beautifully - from family, to love, religion, sickness, abandonment, poverty... The hardship that immigrants had to go through is heartbreaking - as is their strength, and will to survive and make better lives for themselves. So much emotion after reading this. I don't know if this story will leave me for awhile. Definitely something for the mature reader, and definitely something that stays within you.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution in Books

Feb 16, 2020  
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler | 2019 | History & Politics
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I wasn't sure what to expect of this book. Was it a memoir of the author? A history of the Arab Spring? A history of archaeology in Egypt?
Well, it was all of the above, and I'm not sure I dug it. I minored in archaeology, so that was the main reason I read it. I knew somewhat of the Geo-political situation in that area of the world, but I avoid a lot of current events.
Don't get me wrong, Hessler is a great writer. However, I didn't sign up for a memoir.
It was an interesting mesh of all three subjects, I'm not sure it strictly worked.