Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado I've absolutely loved this collection of short stories, which floats between the weird and the queer, passing horror, black comedy and feminism along the way. Doubles and others are especially important: a wife enters her wife’s dream when they are apart; a girlfriend fades until her girlfriend accidentally falls through her in bed. Most noticeably, in the magnificent story ‘Especially Heinous’, detectives Stabler and Benson from Law & Order: SVU meet Abler and Henson, who always get to the crime scene first but do nothing about the beautiful murdered girls whose deaths fuel most episodes of Law & Order: SVU. Machado’s stories are direct, fast-paced, and funny, yet there’s always a slow-moving malevolence to them, a hidden seriousness, a careful confusion, and a sense of meaning that’s just out of reach for the characters. I can’t wait for her second book – a memoir – to be published later this year. Swithun Cooper, Research and Information Manager Ordinary People, by Diana Evans Just shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. Ordinary People is the story of two couples in the second flush of marriage, wondering about where their lives together are going and what compromises they’ll have to make along the way. It’s also a love-letter to London, and to the music of John Legend. I’m enjoying Diana Evans’ lyrical writing style and in depth exploration of her characters inner lives, their frustrations and complex... Continue reading at 'British Council global'
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Take a literary road trip across America, with book recommendations for all 50 states. | Lit Hub “Although I have not inherited a physical plot, I’ve inherited dual impulses related to how I define home.” Sadiya Ansari on family, place and inheritance in South Asia and North America. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Political histories, a courtroom drama and the memoir of a daughter of the South Side illuminate the legacy of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Navid Sinaki on Scheherazade, secrets, and finding his voice as a young, queer Iranian immigrant. | Lit Hub Memoir “What do we inherit from trauma? Complicated stories, frayed genetics, and many, many hidden secrets.” Danzy Senna, Kristopher Jansma, Rosie Schaap and more take the Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Moon Unit Zappa's memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of her absent father, Frank Zappa, and thirsty for maternal affection. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Kristi Coulter’s memoir Exit Interview might inspire you to tell your boss what you really think. Continue reading at The Atlantic
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A life in five parts in a changing France is wrought powerfully on stage in this adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s book The Years Continue reading at The Conversation
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In the memoir “Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home,” Chris La Tray weaves together personal and tribal history. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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A memoir by a former high-end dealer depicts a largely unregulated industry where jet-setting extravagance goes hand in hand with guile and deceit. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Cabaret star says she felt ‘mad as hell’ after hearing stories from people who didn’t know her or her family, and will release untitled book in 2026Liza Minnelli is to release a memoir after she claimed previous screen depictions of her life “didn’t get it right”.The 78-year-old US actor and... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Boubacar Boris Diop’s Un tombeau pour Kinne Gaajo: The Value of Memory, Writing, and Translation, by Marame Gueye Book Reviews [email protected] Mon, 08/05/2024 - 15:14 Photo of Diop by Gavyn Redd / Shevaun Williams PhotographyOn September 26,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Distinct among the literary prizes for its emphasis on debuts, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has been recognizing “exciting emerging voices in contemporary fiction” since 2006. This year, a panel of readers and judges selected a longlist of 25 novels out of 144 debuts submitted for... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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All in the Family is a rare thing in Trumpworld: a book written without malice or bitterness. Continue reading at Slate
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The proposal includes a call for an 18-year limit on appointments to the court. President Joe Biden is unveiling a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also is pressing... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Former first lady, who has been mostly absent as her husband campaigns, has never told her own story at length beforeThe former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Lauren Markham on why she almost quit journalism (and what made her come back). | Lit Hub Memoir “I fear the obvious so much that my evasions of it have sometimes made me ridiculous.” Phil Christman considers the poetics of place. | Lit Hub Craft Sarah Manguso’s Liars, Anne... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Cher is splitting her upcoming memoir into two parts because she has a life 'too immense for only one book,' publisher Dey Street Books says. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Jasmin Graham’s fresh and innovative memoir details how her work as a “rogue” shark scientist pushes science to include more diverse perspectives. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness, is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s.... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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In the memoir “Desperately Seeking Something,” Susan Seidelman’s life is as full of twists, charm and happy endings as one of her iconic movies. Continue reading at The New York Times
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War, Trauma, and Human Courage: A Conversation with Zhang Ling, by Yan Lu Interviews [email protected] Mon, 07/22/2024 - 16:20 Zhang Ling is the author of ten novels, including A Single Swallow (trans. Shelly Bryant) and Where Waters Meet, the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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