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It was my first day.

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

So Much Longing in So Little Space by Karl Ove Knausgard

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

June 17, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Lucy – 4/5 Stars I’ve read a handful of Jamaica Kincaid books, and her nonfiction book A Small Place stands out as a kind of collective memoir, nonfiction history from the perspective of someone who grew up in Antigua. This book acts similarly (as well as a similarly to her short stories in At the Bottom of the River) as a way of fleshing out the sparse lived experiences embedded in the more transitory pieces. What this novel most feels like to me is a first person […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: bluets, eagle of the ninth, Jamaica Kincaid, karl ove knausgard, lucy, Maggie Nelson, mcglue, ottessa mosfegh, Ottessa Moshfegh, rosemary sutcliffe, so much longing in so little space

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:316 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: bluets, eagle of the ninth, Jamaica Kincaid, karl ove knausgard, lucy, Maggie Nelson, mcglue, ottessa mosfegh, Ottessa Moshfegh, rosemary sutcliffe, so much longing in so little space ·
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We have every reason to believe this case is moving swiftly toward a successful conclusion.

The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson

April 15, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is memoir by Maggie Nelson, who I’ve previously read her newer book The Argonauts. This book is from 2009. In this memoir, which is not at all structured like a traditional memoir, follow Nelson in the years after she’s published a poetry collection called Jane which is about the murder of her aunt, and included decolletage of her aunt’s diaries cut into various of the poems. There’s a moment where Nelson tells us how violating it feels to have someone read a diary when they’re living, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Maggie Nelson, the red parts

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:203 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Maggie Nelson, the red parts ·
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