“Justine” Is a Coming-of-Age Novel for the Tamogotchi Set

Perhaps it’s not surprising that even the prose in illustrator Forsyth Harmon’s debut novel Justine is deeply imagistic. Reading this short, powerful story feels like wandering through a museum exhibit about teenage girlhood on Long Island in the summer of 1999. Narrator Ali and her friends feed their Tamagotchis, watch boys skateboard in parking lots, […] The post “Justine” Is a Coming-of-Age Novel for the Tamogotchi Set appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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Win A Copy of Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid!

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BBC to film series based on Sally Rooney's hit debut novel

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Book Deals: Week of February 24, 2020

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