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These were the books I read and re-read while writing and thinking about Housemates. From books that consider the strange intimacy of cohabitation, to road trip novels, to books that mix the first person and third person to surprising effect, to books about queer life, Pennsylvania, collaborative art making, film photography, and the real historical artistic duo that sparked it all--these were the books that were crucial to bringing Bernie and Leah to life. I hope you enjoy!

bookcover for Jazz

Jazz

Toni Morrison 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Nicotine

Nicotine

Nell Zink 

$18.99

bookcover for Sirens & Muses

Sirens & Muses

Antonia Angress 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for The Animators

The Animators

Kayla Rae Whitaker 

$22.00

bookcover for The Tree and the Vine

The Tree and the Vine

Dola de Jong, 

Kristen Gehrman 

$15.95

$14.83

bookcover for The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories

Carson McCullers 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Nevada

Nevada

Imogen Binnie 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain

A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain

Christina Crosby 

$89.00

$106.80

bookcover for A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick

Megha Majumdar 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for The Price of Salt, or Carol

The Price of Salt, or Carol

Patricia Highsmith 

$15.95

$14.83

bookcover for All This Could Be Different

All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters 

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for On Photography

On Photography

Susan Sontag 

$19.00

$17.67

bookcover for Baldwin Lee

Baldwin Lee

Baldwin Lee, 

Casey Gerald, 

Barney Kulok, 

$75.00

$69.75

bookcover for Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works (Revised)

Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works (Revised)

Stephen Shore, 

Lynne Tillman, 

Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen 

$65.00

$60.45

bookcover for The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead

Muriel Rukeyser, 

Catherine Venable Moore 

$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography

Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography

Julia Van Haaften 

$45.00

$41.85