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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die, my love by ariana harwicz - it's like if david lynch and sylvia plath had a baby
simple passion by annie ernau - woman beautifuly simping for 65 pages
the cost of living by deborah levy - short memoir of a writer finding herself post divorce
things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric la rocca - super weird but you will not put it down
Jan 26, 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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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)
Jul 29, 2024
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just finished a huge deep clean of my bedroom and have never felt better. i even cleaned all the scary dusty bits and the mirrors and the stack of books to read next.
now to overhaul my wardrobe ………
Jan 3, 2025
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for coats and big mugs of hot coffee and giant stripey scarves and layering and colourful tights and getting to wear my favourite leather coat that smells like falling in love in melbourne and berets and faux fur and wool and rain.
which isn’t to say im sick of summer. i just want to wear some jeans and not sweat my butt off.
Jan 1, 2025
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save me
Jan 6, 2025