Surprised no one’s mentioned it yet, especially because I think Cash was tapped for a rec list, but this one floored me when it came out about a year ago.
Funny. Short. Unpredictable. And if you need more convincing, it has blurbs from the likes of Tao Lin, Chelsea Hodson and Garielle Lutz.
Enough said. Start Reading.
Apr 20, 2024
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Just a charming happy book! Might be a popular pick, but if you have not read it yet, it is amaze! amaze!
Dec 30, 2024
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Emotionally-wracked, told from two wildly different perspectives that clash in a chaotic and unexpected way. feels like this should be a movie (I’ve already cast Javier Bardem as Guillermo Garcia in my mind)
Jan 14, 2025
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I won’t fuck around. You should buy mine HERE. It’s a hand-signed, hand-numbered, limited edition lined with the most gorgeous, luscious hand-marbled paper from Italy!!! I’m gluing all the end papers in by hand. Mom’s helping. In fact, my next scandal will definitely be the incredibly poor working conditions over here at CC HQ. I’m not paying her anything, which is truly an unlivable wage. But if you’d like to buy a first edition with no human rights ethics violations on the back end, I’d suggest Chelsea Hodson’s very first title from Rose Books. It’s a double first! First edition of the first book from a new imprint! I can’t wait to gesticulate wildly to it as I swear to my great grandchildren that once upon a time I was cool girl with cool taste. I can’t wait for your own great grandchildren to one day sell the internet heirloom that is Scammer at auction for a tidy profit.
Jun 22, 2023
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Shout out to Blackbird Spyplane for putting me on to this guy in their most recent newsletter.
Don’t know much about him other than that he recently performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show so he must be on the rise.
Listened to him on the way to and from work and let’s just say I WAS VIBING.
Apr 26, 2024
Brutal. Honest. Unflinching. Ugly.
You can’t look away, but there is love beneath it all.
You’ll either read this in a scorching mad dash or slow it down for more of a controlled burn, either way you will come away changed.
Nov 15, 2024
Karina Longworth’s podcast is usually pretty hit or miss for me, but her season on Polly Platt, the legendary production designer, hit on every level a podcast can function on.
Informative. Revelatory. And ultimately heartbreaking, in this season finale episode where Platt, (the connecting thread between filmmakers like Peter Bogdanovich, James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson) falls into the dustbin of film history.
It’s the only podcast episode that’s brought me to tears and maybe it’ll do the same for you, if that’s what you’re looking for.
Apr 29, 2024