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 Mr. Wilson's Cabinet O' Wonders by Lawrence Weschler, a short, sharp treatise on a weird, weird museum.

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Stuff We Talked About

Lawrence Weschler's Website
The (very Jurassic) website for the Museum of Jurassic Technology
The American Museum of Natural History in NYC
Maryhill Museum
The City Museum in St. Louis
We didn't mention it, but Greg just read this NYRB article about an early, anatomically focused cabinet of wonderp

What Are We Reading?

Favorite Books of 2022!

Kristianne

Greg

The Leopard (of course)
Maybe the People Would be the Times and Low Life - Lucy Sante
LaserWriter II - Tamara Shopsin
Means of Ascent - Robert Caro
Life After Life - Kate Atkinson

What Song Did We Choose?

and Dave rocking the pirate shirt on The Tonight Show:

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