Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman - if you're a fan of gin n' ginger ale or of extremely stylized dialog, you're going to love this one.
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Stuff We Talked About
- The OTHER Infants of the Spring
- The Blacker the Berry - Thurman's other novel
- The Chicago Reader review of the stage production
- Writer and critic Theophilus Lewis' take on Thurman's rooming house escapades
- "Tufthunting" is a real word!
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
- Acting Class by Nick Drnaso
- The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
- Dreaming as Delerium by Hobson J. Allan
Kristianne:
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
- The Lost Wife by Susanna Moore
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
- Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence