The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
A Manual for Cleaning Women - Lucia Berlin
The Angel Esmeralda - Don DeLillo
Sleepwalk and Other Stories - Adrian Tomine (comics - literally all his stuff is great)
The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki murakami
Your Duck Is My Duck - Deborah Eisenberg (currently reading but can already safely recommend)
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The Sluts - Dennis Cooper
not a novella but I read it in one night so maybe that counts. i have never forgotten it and i will always recommend it.
No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July
whimsical/surreal/funny/heartbreaking short stories by an incredible artist.
Confabulations - John Berger
a collection of discursive essays and observations from an incredible mind. Also rec Ways of Seeing.
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Jan 1, 2025
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one of my forever favs have read nothing like it / punky techno feminist dystopian
“kitchen-sink realism, told from the perspective of the one stuck doing the dishes.”
explores relationships / gender / desire / detachment / sucker punch pop song / wildly clever n devastatingly prophetic
Alien Daughters Walk Into The Sun - Jackie Wang
“An almanac of extreme girlhood”
abolition/underground/biking across countries/accidentally falling into success
Not so much a collection of short stories but diary entries, tumblr posts, zine archives, “essays“, poems
Contents titles are: The Hard-Femme years / The Punk House Years/The Desert Years/The Getting-My-Shit-Together-Years/
I also remember enjoying Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson!
Apr 20, 2024
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- Metamorphosis, Ovid (trans. Stephanie McCarter)
- Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor
- Union!, Ish Klein
- To The Friend Who Did Not Save My Life, Herve Guibert
- Lovers’ Discourse, Roland Barthes
- Glitch Feminism, Legacy Russel
- Address Book, Sophie Calle
- The Selected Stories of John Cheever
- Madness, Rack, and Honey, Mary Ruefle
- Empty Wardrobes, Maria Judite De Carvalho
- Mercury, Ariana Reines
- Look, Solmaz Sharif
- The Recognitions, William Gaddis
- Stranger, Baby, Emily Berry
Frank O’Hara, Sam Sax, Philip Larkin, Kiki Petrosino, Sandy Florian and myself are among the many other writers who I love.
Sep 25, 2024
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“Wanna be friends?” is an underutilized tactic in adulthood. Kindergarteners know what’s up.
Jul 9, 2024
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This is a type of walk I do almost every day. Walk in one direction until you hit a stoplight. Then immediately turn and walk in the new direction until you hit a stoplight and repeat until you get back home.
Mar 18, 2024
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I’m that open minded bitch
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