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To celebrate #StGeorgesDay / #WorldBookDay, I'm giving away 6 books that I've enjoyed in 2021—plus one bonus gift!
To enter the drawings, just retweet this and click "like" on at least one of the books in this thread:
To enter the drawings, just retweet this and click "like" on at least one of the books in this thread:
Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind ( @gracyolmstead)
Easily one of the best books of the year. Olmstead deftly blends narrative, analysis, and commentary to make a multi-faceted case for rootedness in American life. https://www.amazon.com/Uprooted-Recovering-Legacy-Places-Behind/dp/0593084020
Easily one of the best books of the year. Olmstead deftly blends narrative, analysis, and commentary to make a multi-faceted case for rootedness in American life. https://www.amazon.com/Uprooted-Recovering-Legacy-Places-Behind/dp/0593084020
The Nickel Boys ( @colsonwhitehead)
In this winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Whitehead chronicles a black boy's incarceration in a juvenile reformatory. It's based on the real-life horrors that took place 15 miles from my Florida hometown. https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Boys-Novel-Colson-Whitehead/dp/0345804341/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=nickel+boys+whitehead&qid=1619184713&s=books&sr=1-2
In this winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Whitehead chronicles a black boy's incarceration in a juvenile reformatory. It's based on the real-life horrors that took place 15 miles from my Florida hometown. https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Boys-Novel-Colson-Whitehead/dp/0345804341/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=nickel+boys+whitehead&qid=1619184713&s=books&sr=1-2
The Strangeness of the Good ( @JMWSPT)
This latest collection of Wilson's poetry finds him reaching news heights of vision and craftsmanship. If there's to be a renaissance in American poetry, historians will point to him as a catalyst. https://www.amazon.com/Strangeness-Good-Including-Quarantine-Notebook/dp/1621386325/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+strangeness+of+the+good&qid=1619184492&sr=8-3
This latest collection of Wilson's poetry finds him reaching news heights of vision and craftsmanship. If there's to be a renaissance in American poetry, historians will point to him as a catalyst. https://www.amazon.com/Strangeness-Good-Including-Quarantine-Notebook/dp/1621386325/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+strangeness+of+the+good&qid=1619184492&sr=8-3
Liberty for All: Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age ( @andrewtwalk)
Walker winsomely argues for a broad understanding and application of religious liberty—with Christians at the forefront of protecting those liberties for all. https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-All-Defending-Everyones-Pluralistic/dp/1587434490
Walker winsomely argues for a broad understanding and application of religious liberty—with Christians at the forefront of protecting those liberties for all. https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-All-Defending-Everyones-Pluralistic/dp/1587434490
Stolen Air: Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam (Christian Wiman)
I first read Mandelstam several years ago, but I was introduced to Wiman's stunning adaptation in a class taught by @chrisrshockley. https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Air-Selected-Poems-Mandelstam/dp/0062099426/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stolen+air+wiman&qid=1619183540&sr=8-1
I first read Mandelstam several years ago, but I was introduced to Wiman's stunning adaptation in a class taught by @chrisrshockley. https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Air-Selected-Poems-Mandelstam/dp/0062099426/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stolen+air+wiman&qid=1619183540&sr=8-1
Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News ( @jeff_bilbro)
Confession: it releases in two weeks, so I haven't yet read it. But if it's on par with Bilbro's past work, it will prove an indispensable guide. I can't wait for my copy. https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Times-Literary-Theological-Inquiry/dp/0830841857
Confession: it releases in two weeks, so I haven't yet read it. But if it's on par with Bilbro's past work, it will prove an indispensable guide. I can't wait for my copy. https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Times-Literary-Theological-Inquiry/dp/0830841857
BONUS GIFT: a letterpress broadside of a poem I wrote that features this gorgeous illustration of a book, engraved by the inimitable @StarpointePrice:
After you've entered this drawing (by retweeting the original post and "liking" one of the books), be sure to celebrate #StGeorgesDay / #WorldBookDay in your own way—ideally by reading a good book and sharing it with a friend. Cheers!
