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What I'm Giving: Guest Edition

by Powell's Books, December 6, 2019 9:44 AM
What I'm Giving: Guest Edition

We asked eight of our favorite local authors to share the books they're loving — and gifting — this holiday season. Their answers many surprise you. 
Cindy BaldwinCindy Baldwin (Where the Watermelons Grow)

The Simple Art of Flying
 by Cory Leonardo


To: My friends (feathered and not!) who need a reminder that life's truest joys come in the most unexpected of ways, and that miracles like cherry trees DO exist.
From: Cindy

Shawn LevyShawn Levy (The Castle on Sunset)

The Book of Delights
 by Ross Gay


To: Everyone I know who struggles every day to find joy in the world, which is to say, everyone.
From: Shawn

Daniel H. WilsonDaniel H. Wilson (The Andromeda Evolution)
 
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu


To: SLOW PAN in on all my friends who could use a wry laugh followed by a thoughtful stare into the middle distance and an eyebrow-lifting moment of self-reflection on race and representation in these modern United States. FADE OUT...
From: Daniel

Rene DenfeldRene Denfeld (The Butterfly Girl)

This Particular Happiness by Jackie Shannon Hollis


To: Anyone trying to figure out this thing called life.
From: Rene

Sophia ShalmiyevSophia Shalmiyev (Mother Winter)

The SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas


To: The Freud lovers in need of an unsentimental education.
From: Sophia

Mark FearingMark Fearing (Giant Pants)

Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner


To: The readers in my life. This is a book about reading, but also not about reading. About how what we read lives in us. 
From: Mark

Michelle Ruiz KeilMichelle Ruiz Keil (All of Us With Wings)

Hexing the Patriarchy by Ariel Gore


To: The radical young witches in my in life.
From: Your Bruja Godmother

Aron Nels SteinkeAron Nels Steinke (Mr. Wolf's Class)

New Kid by Jerry Craft


To: Parents of kids who crave graphic novels about friendship, fitting in, and navigating the world of middle school.
From: Aron





Need more gift ideas? Check out the Powell's staff's What I'm Giving list for 2019 and our Best Books of 2019 lists for fiction, nonfiction, kids' and YA, and sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and graphic novels.



Books mentioned in this post

SCUM Manifesto

Valerie Solanas

Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live

Peter Orner

Giant Pants

Mark Fearing

Where the Watermelons Grow

Cindy Baldwin

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

New Kid

Jerry Craft

Mother Winter: A Memoir

Sophia Shalmiyev

The Simple Art of Flying

Cory Leonardo

The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

Shawn Levy

All of Us With Wings

Michelle Ruiz Keil

This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story

Jackie Shannon Hollis

Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance

Ariel Gore

The Butterfly Girl

Rene Denfeld

The Andromeda Evolution

Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu
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