Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman
great very short book that never gets *that* weird
Tag: love
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
speculative short essay that proposes the historic existence of shame-free desire
One Thing by Xanthi Barker
deeply affecting, affectingly deep
The Trespasser by DH Lawrence
unambitious, uncomplex, wish it had been sexier
POETRY MONTH: Rotten Milk by Karina Bush
latest chapbook from one of my favourite writers
POETRY MONTH: The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove
a masterpiece of contemporary sonnetteering
That Lonesome Valley by Melissa Lee-Houghton
some thoughts on a novel you should probably read
Scott Manley Hadley’s More Triumphant 2018
well i had a good year
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector
finally seeing what the fuss is about
Death In Venice by Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann, What A Very Thom Man
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
shellshock and amnesia and different kindsa love
Mi novio Caballo [My Boyfriend, the Horse] by Xiomara Correa
a book about modern love i.e. travel and drugs and sex with a horse
Typhoid August by Sarah Fletcher
chapbook review that turns into me recounting my entire relationship with sex
Hasard Objectif by Joanna Walsh
love love love love love… and books
Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
Sad Farsi Love Poem by Abi Andrews
an effective exploration of white saviour complex
Pamper Me To Hell & Back by Hera Lindsay Bird
love love love love love love love
Bear by Marian Engel
simply the bestial
Compass by Mathias Enard
A beautiful novel for an ugly world.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
an accurate depiction of the lust and boredom that threatens to overwhelm all of us who aren’t pious, delusional, fuckheads
A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
Love is not the preserve of the randy, love is not just something that happens with pants off or about to be off…
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept by Elizabeth Smart
I’m not at work, so I should be writing real prose, doing something creative, emailing pitches for articles through toContinue Reading
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big books. I have an odd relationship with ’em. The idea of big books, to be honest, I have aContinue Reading
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
Victoria by Knut Hamsun
I know I should be spending my free time writing something that isn’t this blog. I know I should haveContinue Reading
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
I thoroughly enjoyed The Paying Guests, which was a relief as the last book I read was DIRE. I’d neverContinue Reading
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Obnoxiously (the manner in which I do most things), I read Tarjei Vesaas’ The Birds because Karl Ove Knausgaard refersContinue Reading
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
This is a book I’ve read a lot about. It is referred to repeatedly in both Ben Yagoda’s Memoir: AContinue Reading
Swann’s Way (À la recherche du temps perdu 1) by Marcel Proust
I’m writing this in the beautiful Spanish Pyrenees, having spent a day doing little more than reading Proust and lookingContinue Reading
S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
Over the last couple of weeks, I have slowly read through S., a weird, postmodern novel by JJ Abrams and DougContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 