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Accepting and Adjusting: Americanah and The Blondes

Buried In Print2014-03-23T08:39:29-04:00

In an effort to manage out-of-control stacks of reading, I try to choose disparate stories in the mass of current reads. Slipping Emily Schultz's The Blondes in with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah seemed like a good bet. A fantastic tale of a plague which seems to infect blonde women. Ifemelu

Accepting and Adjusting: Americanah and The BlondesBuried In Print2014-03-23T08:39:29-04:00

Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs (2013)

Buried In Print2014-07-11T15:51:33-04:00

Even before I met Nora, the narrator of The Woman Upstairs, I had already brushed up against talk of her anger. Knopf - Random House, 2013 First, Claire Messud's NPR interview includes the author reading the novel's opening paragraphs. (That's the now-oft-quoted rant, which begins with "I'm a

Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs (2013)Buried In Print2014-07-11T15:51:33-04:00

Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers (2013)

Buried In Print2014-05-13T15:40:02-04:00

Inspired by women who were driven and successful in spheres traditionally dominated by men, Rachel Kushner presents Reno. Scribner - Simon & Schuster, 2013 One might use the same words to describe this fictional woman that Jonathan Franzen used to describe her creator, when she was his student

Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers (2013)Buried In Print2014-05-13T15:40:02-04:00