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Newsletter #260

February 3, 2020

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film

The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film

by Michael Ondaatje

TRUE

One of my favorite books on creativity is this book-length dialogue between a novelist and a film editor, who got to know each other when Murch, best known for his work on The Godfather and Apocalypse... (Tom)

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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

by Anna Wiener

TRUE

It's a subject ripe for satire: a young literary woman leaves publishing to try out tech in San Francisco and gets drawn into the money and ambition of Silicon Valley. But Wiener's memoir, sharp-tongu... (Tom)

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Verge

by Lidia Yuknavitch

MADE-UP

This short story collection does what Yuknavitch does best—asks you to trade your life for a book that is just strange and beautiful enough for you to make the deal. I floated through these stories th... (Erica)

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