After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography – Chris Kraus
It’s not hard to see in this a massive FUCK YOU to Acker.
The toggling between and stacking up of intensifiers and alternatives vividly brands the narrative of August with a symbol of equivocation and transition.
When we die, we all become fictional characters.
The Fabrications – Baret Magarian
By employing the omniscient method, Magarian is almost necessarily ruling out the kind of detailed probing of his characters’ psychological states we have perhaps come to expect in fiction.
Francesco Pacifico’s CLASS is both a contribution to and, at its best, a subversion of the genre of gentrifier kunstlerroman.
Thus Bad Begins – Javier Marías
Like so many young Spaniards of the transition, Juan never questions his elders, as though pointing out Muriel’s hypocrisy might lead to the return of the Franco regime.
Goodbye, Vitamin – Rachel Khong
The way that Ruth gauges the progression of her father’s illness is food-centric.
Nights as Day, Days as Night – Michel Leiris
While “a fieldwork of the self” is clearly how much of Leiris’s other work operates, this book resists.
Wait Till You See Me Dance – Deb Olin Unferth
Don’t tell me it’s going to get better, just tell me that you feel it, too.
Stuart Hall’s Voice – David Scott
For several generations to come Stuart Hall’s voice will remain a key part of conversations on the left.