What the name says! A running list of the books the Bookish Book Club selected to read since its August 2020 inception
Books read by the Bookish Book Club Public
Created by Bookish Book Club
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Image, Knife, and Gluepot by Kathryn M. Rudy
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"In this ingenious study, Kathryn Rudy takes the reader on a journey to trace the birth, life and afterlife of …
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My Autobiography of Carson Mccullers by Jenn Shapland
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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers is an audacious new form of nonfiction that remakes the boundaries between criticism, biography, and …
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It’s 1953, and Simon Putnam, a recent Harvard graduate newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm, has entered …
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk
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What holds more secrets in the library: the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them? …
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Shakespeare's 'Lady Editors' by Molly G. Yarn
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The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men – most of …
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Women and Letterpress Printing 1920-2020 by Claire Battershill
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This Element analyses the relationship between gender and literary letterpress printing from the early 20th century to the beginning of …
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The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance by Anders Rydell
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For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of …
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Thanks for Typing by Juliana Dresvina
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This collection uncovers the wives, daughters, mothers, companions and female assistants who laboured in the shadows of famous men. Revealing …
Bookish Book Club says: the January 2023 choice
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Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University by Janet Sims-Woods, Charlynn Spencer Pyne PhD, Mr. Howard Dodson, and 1 other
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When Dorothy Burnett joined the library staff at Howard University in 1928, she was given a mandate to administer a …
Bookish Book Club says: February 2023 read; Shira’s summation of our discussion with links etc is here for enjoyment and posterity!
