My friend Annashay recommended this as an audiobook — Neko Case reads it herself — and I was pleasantly surprised by how different it was from what I expected. What I ultimately came to really appreciate (though it threw me at first) was how the book as only very loosely bound to an overarching narrative.ContinueContinue reading “The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You, Neko Case”
Monthly Archives: September 2025
Memory Piece, Lisa Ko
This is a cool, strange book — a story of three women and their friendship over the years, but also, unexpectedly, a work of sci-fi that sketches a vision of the future that awaits us. Each section is so distinct — different narrator, different span of time, different focus — but they also connect inContinueContinue reading “Memory Piece, Lisa Ko”
Colored Television, Danzy Senna
This is a really interesting novel about ambition and marriage. Also writing, and especially writing for tv, though the Hollywood industry part was more stressful than appealing for me. But this core problem of being in a marriage that has its problems but also its joys and comforts, where you and your partner seem toContinueContinue reading “Colored Television, Danzy Senna”