Tolentino, Jia. Trick Mirror. New York: Random House, 2019. 8/6/20 – 8/9/20. Transcribed 8/20/20. (8/7/20) Good (but great?) I like Anastasia Steele as dark doppelgänger of Bella (Twilight). Wait not even dark, just erotic. I admire the athleisure essay (it was the one split from yesterday to today). I admire the way she splices that… Continue reading Jia Tolentino – Trick Mirror
Category: Non-Fiction
Alexander Chee – How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Chee, Alexander. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 2018. Transcribed 12/6/19. “To my mother and father, who taught me how to fight.” (11) “There was something I wanted to feel, and I felt it only when I was writing. I think of this as one of the most… Continue reading Alexander Chee – How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Chad Harbach – MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction
Harbach, Chad. MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction. New York: n + 1/ Faber and Faber. 2014. Transcribed 12/6/19. (5) Chad Harbach: “Her voyage is a long one, and she has her frailties: her concentration is fragile, she wakes up too late and checks her email too often, she drinks too much… Continue reading Chad Harbach – MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction
Jhumpa Lahiri & Ann Goldstein – In Other Words
Lahiri, Jhumpa, and Ann Goldstein. In Other Words. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. A couple times I got caught reading on the left side of the page and there was a moment of confusion, maybe of horror (I am lifting myself here). And then of new discovery, comparing the Italian. Perfectly useless. I am reminded… Continue reading Jhumpa Lahiri & Ann Goldstein – In Other Words