The Years by Annie Ernaux
cracking under lockdown and stunning books
Tag: life writing
Happening by Annie Ernaux
feeling sad so read a sad book on abortion
The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm
stunning essay on the ethics and impossibilities of biography
Ushant by Conrad Aiken
a sub-mediocre memoir
Eulogy for Josephine Bunyan
the eulogy I read at my grandmother’s funeral in 2014
Found Diary Entry from April 17th, 2010
bizarre note to self from 2010
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
near death experiences in a bad blog post
Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry Volume One: 1926 – 46
700 pages of Lowryian bliss…
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
i read a book that’s aged badly and reflect on bad times
#TotNTV: Writing From Life
What does it mean to turn life into art?
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
Finally, a book about race that makes me angry at myself
Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
An important new novel about sexual assault. Long post.
Extravagant Stranger: A Memoir by Daniel Roy Connelly
A book that describes itself as “Ian Fleming meets Rimbaud”
Nicotine by Gregor Hens
If Gregor Hens can give up smoking, I can give up booze.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
this is not a test, it’s a memoir
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
The Man With The Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters edited by Fergus Fleming
He always writes while others talk
The Last Holiday: A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron
The ‘Godfather of Rap’ offers a rose-tinted memoir.
On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham
Very Colonial travel writing from author of The Painted Veil
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr Fox is an ode to adventure capitalism. My life is an ode to wine.
One of Us by Åsne Seierstad
A beautiful book about a horrible thing.
Specimen Days by Walt Whitman
The life and memories of Walt Whitman, focusing on war and nature.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
In America alone, 281 pounds of pig shit is produced for every one person per year. I don’t know if that’s a lot as I don’t know what a pound is.
The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks
Living in the city is bad for the soul
Triumph Of The Now 