Rec | DEATH VALLEY BY MELISSA BRODER

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If you like any of the following authors/creatives and want a very Jewish Exodus-esque exploration of dying and grief. Authors and creatives include: Julio Torres, Franz Kafka, Ottessa Moshfegh, Emma Seligman, Gabriel García Márquez, Mona Awad, Felicia Berliner, Rachel Yoder, Elif Bautman, Yorgos Lanthrimos

@egglizabeth

Feb 4, 2024

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@royallmonarch

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here are some I’ve liked

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.

@mariamaria

May 30, 2024

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poetry, non-fiction, some fiction

- 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.