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Laurie Anderson's Reading List

The musician and multimedia artist, whose new show will open at the Hirshhorn Museum this spring, has long been haunted by a particular image: “As the wind passes through windows and slips under doors we meet the characters in the book. If any Times readers know which Balzac book this wind is in — please let me know.”

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By the Book: Laurie Anderson (2020)

NYT By the Book column (2020-01-30).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Bika Reed · Buy on Amazon
""Rebel in the Soul: An Ancient Egyptian Dialogue Between a Man and His Destiny," translated by Bika Reed from fragments of hieroglyphics."
Craig Nelson · Buy on Amazon
"Craig Nelson's books are especially good for this — books jammed with characters and facts like "Pearl Harbor.""
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I loved "The Wind in the Willows." It's amazing that little children are still drawn to stories about small bachelor animals in bathrobes and slippers."
John Giorno · Buy on Amazon
""Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment," by my friend the poet John Giorno, which contains the sexiest and most graphic history of a love life I've ever read."

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