literature

My reading goals this year

From Moby Dick to Olivia Laing

Mar 27 •

Selected quotations

Thinking with poignant passages from the books I've just read

Mar 13 •

Short books era

In praise of the slim and complete volume

Feb 20 •

"I want a president"

Zoe Leonard's poem/postcard revisited

Jan 9 •

Feminine, singular: a syllabus

A syllabus on feminist solitude in writing and cinema

Sep 26, 2024 •

Hannah Regel's 'The Last Sane Woman'

Art, parasociality, the 1970s, death, and women's letters

Aug 22, 2024 •

Who do you think you are

"Someone who seemed remarkable but who is simply selfish and small"

Aug 8, 2024 •

Summer book club announcement

Let's read Alice Munro's 'Who Do You Think You Are' together

Jul 6, 2024 •

Miranda July's 'All Fours'

5 observations about Miranda July's new novel

May 30, 2024 •

Speaking words to people and saying things

(Trying to explain what I study)

May 2, 2024 •

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