Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
speculative short essay that proposes the historic existence of shame-free desire
Tag: 1990s
Never Seen The Sea by Holly Watson
i experience the plot of keep the aspidistra flying while reading and in retrospect for my childhood
The Future Won’t Be Long by 🙏Jarett Kobek 🙏
one of the best normal books you’ve never read
Lady Joker by Kaoru Takamura
half of a crime novel
Under Country by Jonathan Trigell
contemporary fiction on the last quarter of the 20th century
The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei
excellent 1990s spec fic from Taiwan
Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
why i didn’t like why i hate saturn
WAR #1: Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy
read some great fiction for the first time in a while; still bored bored bored tho boohoo
Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami
not a great book, not a great blog post
Midland: A Novel Out of Time by Honor Gavin
midlands novel and a road trip into childhood
Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong
Until yesterday, when I read the last 100 pages of Jesse Armstrong’s Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals, IContinue Reading
The Penguin Book of New American Voices edited by Jay McInerney
I found this excellent 90s-scene short story collection in a charity shop, picking it up mainly because amongst its sixteenContinue Reading
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Wow. Fuck a diddle wank, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (1996) is a full blown literary compendium of joy. Deeply philosophical,Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 