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Sophie Lewis, Christina Sharpe, Clair Wills, Brian Dillon, Lola Olufemi, Elizabeth Hardwick, Francesca Wade, Annie Ernaux, Carmen Maria Machado, Darryl Pinckney, Leslie Jamison, Françoise Vergés………reading good stuff that even isn’t related to what i do just inspires me to be a better writer and a more careful conscientious thinker. recently finished Jason Okundaye’s Revolutionary Acts which is a superb, beautifully written oral history.
Mar 24, 2024
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🧠ok I love nonfiction (love to learn) some of my favorites are:
- anything by mary roach — she writes books on different niche science fields & her books are so informative in an approachable way that doesn't feel condescending and her books are just so fun! and interesting! I don’t think I can pick a favorite
- marilyn johnson — she writes books about different careers, my favorite of hers is dead beat (about obituary writers) but I also love this book is overdue! (about librarians)
- mediocre by ijeoma oluo — looks at the historical patterns of white men grasping onto their power in american culture ,, truly incredible read
- white trash by nancy isenberg — this one is DENSE but it looks at the history of white poor people and pulls back the curtain of classism in america and how it ties into racism, sexism, etc etc,, if you wanted more reasons to hate any historical american heroes this one is for you !
- odd girls and twilight lovers by lillian faderman — lillian faderman is an incredible lesbian historian and this book is such a beautiful humanizing ode to lesbian history in the US with a lot of interviews of older queer women and it holds suuuch an important place in my heart
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😃Roland Barthes
Virginia Woolf
Walter Benjamin
Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
i struggle to provide a list of non-white authors that write in a “similar” style to didion for so many reasons….the constraint of delivery is not sitting easily with me SO here are memorable non-white essayists and memoirists that I recommend in general:
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
Maya Angelou
Roxane Gay
Legacy Russell
Xochitl Gonzalez
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Virginia Woolf
Walter Benjamin
Hannah Arendt
Mary McCarthy
i struggle to provide a list of non-white authors that write in a “similar” style to didion for so many reasons….the constraint of delivery is not sitting easily with me SO here are memorable non-white essayists and memoirists that I recommend in general:
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
Maya Angelou
Roxane Gay
Legacy Russell
Xochitl Gonzalez
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Nov 28, 2024
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📚- 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.
- 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.
Sep 25, 2024
