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memoirs:
finding me - viola davis - she's truly had such an interesting life
wild - cheryl strayed - memoir about a women walking the pct and all about her crazy life that lef her to that point
crying in h mart - michelle zauner - about a musician coping with her mother's death
educated - tara westover - about a woman who grows up in fundamentalist mormon family
i'm glad my mom died - jennette mccurdy - about her childhood as an actor and her relationship w/ her mother
the glass castle - jeanette walls
the anthropocene reviewed - john green - he reviews aspects of human life and shares parts of his own very interesting life
just kids - patti smith - about her life as a musician in nyc
kitchen confidential - anthony bourdain
down the drain - julia fox
engaging non fiction; - seconding the patrick radden keefe rec below - also his books empire of pain and the snakehead - cultish - amanda montell - about the language that cults use - so you've been publicly shamed - jon ronson - slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion - sharply written essays mostly about 60s culture
books on art: - ways of seeing - john berger - funny weather: art in crisis - olivia laing - notes on 'camp' - susan sontag - the art thief - micharl finkel
books on food: - small fires: an epic in the kitchen - rebecca may johnson - chop suey nation - ann hui - eating animals - jonathan safran foer
engaging non fiction; - seconding the patrick radden keefe rec below - also his books empire of pain and the snakehead - cultish - amanda montell - about the language that cults use - so you've been publicly shamed - jon ronson - slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion - sharply written essays mostly about 60s culture
books on art: - ways of seeing - john berger - funny weather: art in crisis - olivia laing - notes on 'camp' - susan sontag - the art thief - micharl finkel
books on food: - small fires: an epic in the kitchen - rebecca may johnson - chop suey nation - ann hui - eating animals - jonathan safran foer
Nov 13, 2024
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Some of my faves are coming of age memoirs by women carving out their space in the world in dialogue with culture, close relationships, and creativity of different kinds <3
- The Outrun by Amy Liptrott - a gorgeous exploration of identity and nature in the wreckage of, and then recovery from, alcoholism. Set in 2010s London and Orkney (very neurodivergent coded).
- Mean by Myriam Gurba - electrifying coming of age as a queer mixed-race Chicana. So original and sharp.
- Just Kids by Patti Smith - beautiful coming of age as an artist in late 60s/early 70s NYC in companionship with a creative best friend.
- Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley - essays on navigating disability and identity as a child star with a dysfunctional family.
- The Plague and by Betty MacDonald - gorgeously witty account of life in a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1940s.
- The Outrun by Amy Liptrott - a gorgeous exploration of identity and nature in the wreckage of, and then recovery from, alcoholism. Set in 2010s London and Orkney (very neurodivergent coded).
- Mean by Myriam Gurba - electrifying coming of age as a queer mixed-race Chicana. So original and sharp.
- Just Kids by Patti Smith - beautiful coming of age as an artist in late 60s/early 70s NYC in companionship with a creative best friend.
- Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley - essays on navigating disability and identity as a child star with a dysfunctional family.
- The Plague and by Betty MacDonald - gorgeously witty account of life in a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1940s.
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Fiction:
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
May 30, 2024
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📚Joan Didion.
Camila Sosa Villada.
Mona Awad.
Ottessa Moshfegh.
Yukio Mishima.
Mary Gaitskill.
Books I'm currently reading and liking so far:
A Little Life-Hanya Yanagihara.
Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu.
Hunger-Martín Caparrós.
Books I've read in the past and liked:
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Bunny-Mona Awad.
Death In Her Hands-Ottessa Moshfegh.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation-Ottessa Moshfegh.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This Is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Cultish-Amanda Montell.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed-Jon Ronson.
Rosario Tijeras-Jorge Franco.
Educated-Tara Westover.
Maus-Art Spiegelman.
Books I'm currently reading and liking so far:
A Little Life-Hanya Yanagihara.
Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu.
Hunger-Martín Caparrós.
Books I've read in the past and liked:
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Bunny-Mona Awad.
Death In Her Hands-Ottessa Moshfegh.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation-Ottessa Moshfegh.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This Is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Cultish-Amanda Montell.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed-Jon Ronson.
Rosario Tijeras-Jorge Franco.
Educated-Tara Westover.
Maus-Art Spiegelman.
Sep 24, 2024
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Apr 30, 2025
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👩i sometimes feel like asks get lost among other posts and go answered - you never know if the original asker or someone else still needs the answer to a question so why not go ahead and answer even if it’s from a week/month/year ago ❤️
Jul 9, 2025
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📺today someone told me something about myself and they were just so completely off base that i started questioning my tone and facial expressions bc that was in no way the vibe i was going for
a related anti rec: people who meet you once and assume that they know everything about you (which they obviously don’t)
a related anti rec: people who meet you once and assume that they know everything about you (which they obviously don’t)
May 10, 2025