Tag: Catherine Lacey
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A Seasonally Curated Reading List for the Narcissistically Introspective
A guide for choosing what book to crack open depending on the time of year, which, of course, accounts for weather patterns, cultural occasions (such as holidays), and mood. Fair warning: you risk being transported to an alternate universe so frustratingly similar yet different from our own, like inside your least favorite Paul Thomas Anderson…
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Biography of X (2023) by Catherine Lacey and Still Born (2020) by Guadalupe Nettel
Two Novels, One Conversation Fact: Still Born and Biography of X are written in the first person, seemingly by someone who exists in our world. Fact: Both texts’ narrators focus primarily on someone close to them, initiating the reader into a fictional biography-memoir situation. Another fact: I enjoyed these books immensely. Still Born is Nettel’s…
