Green Girl, Kate Zambreno. Not as experimental as I'd been given to believe, but nice, acrid writing, seething with disgust, in the tradition of Jean Rhys. Maybe a little too much theory, worn too prominently on the author's sleeve.
I may end up reading Flannery tonight too. I've already read both stories for this week but I already feel the need to re-read them. So much going on, and I know I'm missing stuff.
This is the first I'm hearing of "Books and Daggers" — what a good title. Humanities scholars turned spies?? That sounds AWESOME
Right?! It’s pretty fun so far, and fascinating to think that the US had to start from scratch with gathering intelligence after the US joined the Allies in WW2. Who better to join than people who know how to dig for information in all sorts of places??
I’m late to the thread but I’d like to report in on my Sally Rooney reading project. CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS felt a little too similar to NORMAL PEOPLE to me, so I am glad I read those several years apart. INTERMEZZO was so good, but the writing style for one of the perspectives was incredibly off-putting. It was almost entirely sentence fragments and incredibly grating to read. BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU still reigns supreme as my favorite Rooney.
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
You're reminding me a brilliant writer friend gave that to me as a gift and it's still on my shelf! Gotta pull that down and give it a go
It is hilarious
Green Girl, Kate Zambreno. Not as experimental as I'd been given to believe, but nice, acrid writing, seething with disgust, in the tradition of Jean Rhys. Maybe a little too much theory, worn too prominently on the author's sleeve.
First I'm hearing of it — thanks for describing it! Note to self: I still need to read Jean Rhys
More Flannery, including from Mystery and Manners. And I also have Books and Daggers by Elyse Graham from the library, so two hours may not be enough!
I may end up reading Flannery tonight too. I've already read both stories for this week but I already feel the need to re-read them. So much going on, and I know I'm missing stuff.
This is the first I'm hearing of "Books and Daggers" — what a good title. Humanities scholars turned spies?? That sounds AWESOME
Right?! It’s pretty fun so far, and fascinating to think that the US had to start from scratch with gathering intelligence after the US joined the Allies in WW2. Who better to join than people who know how to dig for information in all sorts of places??
I’m late to the thread but I’d like to report in on my Sally Rooney reading project. CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS felt a little too similar to NORMAL PEOPLE to me, so I am glad I read those several years apart. INTERMEZZO was so good, but the writing style for one of the perspectives was incredibly off-putting. It was almost entirely sentence fragments and incredibly grating to read. BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU still reigns supreme as my favorite Rooney.