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New Book Alert: February 3-7, 2020

My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel J Levitin (Dutton Books; on sale January 7, 2020): From the ever insightful Daniel J Levitin who wisely gave us This Is Your Brain on Music his latest book is all about Successful Aging. You gotta age so you may as well do it right, right? Fresh from Dutton Books this is a great way to invite people onto your lawn! #NewBookAlert for February 3, 2020.

Featured above Wednesday’s crossword! Looking for the answers to the puzzle of aging? My book has insights on how to live joyfully in your final decades. https://t.co/6wFdEQB7t7 pic.twitter.com/i24XeUxoqU

— Daniel Levitin (@danlevitin) January 31, 2020

Living in Color: What’s Funny About Me by Tommy Davidson and Tom Teicholz (Kensington Publishing; Memoir on sale January 28, 2020): One of the punk kids Homey D. Clown hadda tolerate wrote about his experiences! Great to see In Living Color being actively celebrated and kept alive. #NewBookAlert for February 4, 2020.

It’s here! Go grab your copy! https://t.co/nA0dcCaMil pic.twitter.com/Mysu2MBIV7

— Tommy Davidson (@tommycat) January 22, 2020

Rocket Man: The Life of Elton John by Mark Bego (Pegasus Books; Biography on sale January 7, 2020): While I enjoy the Tiny Dancer Almost Famous scene I actually don’t know much else about Elton John. I’ve been curious about his Me: Elton John Official Autobiography and I’d be more inclined to pick that up since it comes directly from him before reading this. But that’s a lot of Elton John commitment. I dunno if I got that much interest. #NewBookAlert for February 5, 2020.

“A formidable work that satisfies. A reader that doesn’t fall a little bit in love with #EltonJohn after reading #RocketMan is hard-hearted indeed.”
—@BookTrib

???????? Check out bestselling pop biographer @MarkBego's new book! ?? https://t.co/tzzGsUkvUW pic.twitter.com/GHXjmafQH3

— Pegasus Books (@Pegasus_Books) January 12, 2020

Theory of the Hashtag by Andreas Bernard (Valentine A. Pakis translator) (Polity Books; on sale August 20, 2019): On August 23, 2020 The Twitter hashtag will be 13 years old! And…how effective has it been? What has it accomplished…what is the hashtag’s track record? What is the Theory of the Hashtag? Good questions. Just because we used to do something doesn’t mean we hafta keep doing it. #NewBookAlert for February 6, 2020.

Andreas Bernard sits down with @rj_buchanan to give us the rundown on THEORY of the HASHTAG (@politybooks), his history of the # sign and how it has transformed the way we bundle discourse and organize public discussion and debate. Listen????and learn ???? ??https://t.co/wKZDPhmxUe pic.twitter.com/Xh0ORNAzk3

— New Books Network ???? (@NewBooksNetwork) October 28, 2019

Can I Kick It? (BreakBeat Poets) by Idris Goodwin (Haymarket Books; Poetry on sale October 15, 2019): “Can I kick it?” “Yes you can!” Poet Idris Goodwin invites you to his Tribe Called Quest book party.
Out now from Haymarket Books (dope publisher) so hopefully you didn’t leave your wallet in El Segundo and can pick this up. #NewBookAlert for February 7, 2020.