3/24/16 review of book Queer, by William S. Burroughs

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Queer, by William S. Burroughs.

The thread gives a brief summary of the novel, its style and characters, the relationships of the characters, and what I sympathized with in the book.

Here is the link to the Penguin Random House web page for the book.

I bought this book at the Mutiny Information Cafe used bookstore in Denver, Colorado.

3/24/16 review of The Puffin Mahabharata, by Namita Gokhale

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of The Puffin Mahabharata, by Namita Gokhale.

The Puffin Mahabharata is a modern retelling of the Mahabharata, one of the greatest religious texts and stories every told. My thread gives a summary of the book, some things the book's author, Namita Gokhale, has said about the Mahabharata, the lively women of the text, gender fluidity in the text, the way the text accepts human failure, the sources of context that drive the drama of the story, and some information about Colorado's Jaipur Literature Festival, which is where I bought this book.

3/24/16 review of book The Other Paris, by Luc Sante

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Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Luc Sante's book The Other Paris.

This is a really good book about Paris in the 19th century. Unfortunately, my thread doesn't give much of a summary of the book. Nevertheless, I love this book.

Here is the link to Macmillan's web page for the book.

I got this book at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado.

3/24/16 review of book The Gentrification of the Mind, by Sarah Schulman

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Sarah Schulman's book The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination.

The thread gives some background on Sarah Schulman and how I came to learn of her through the ACT UP Oral History Project. The thread gives a quick summary of the book's themes. It compares Schulman's work to other authors. And it discusses what I like about Schulman's style. It also gives links to the University of California Press's web page for the book and to the ACT UP Oral History Project.

3/24/16 review of book The Intelligence of Evil, by Jean Baudrillard

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Jean Baudrillard's book The Intelligence of Evil, or The Lucidity Pact.

The thread gives some background on the book. It discusses how the book's philosophy develops, and my guess at the conclusions of the book. It discusses some of my favorite elements of the book, as well as some elements of the book I didn't like. The thread also gives a link to Bloomsbury's web page for the book.