I think Sheila Heti structures this as a play to heighten the unreality of her “constructed reality.” I think she also shows this through second guessing her feelings in different places, showing that […]
In response to Q2, Pharr is struggling with bridging the gap between academia and “everyday life,” between theory and practice, particularly for American gay men of African origins.
In Wayne Koestenbaum’s essay “Memoir in the Age of Buzzfeed” reviewing Matias Viegener’s 2500 Random Things about Me Too, Koestenbaum opens by saying his favorite books “teach me how to think, or how to stop […]
A couple of years ago, in a museum bookstore, I picked up a book called “Without Sanctuary.” It was published in 2000 and was a series of photographs of lynchings across the United States in the early 20th […]
I would like to add a visual to the William Godwin reading. Mary Godwin was very unlucky in love. Her first “unrealized” love affair was with Henry Fuseli , whose paintings like “The Nightmare” were […]
In answer to question 1, whether Cleaving is a memoir or one big Overshare, I agree with the critics. This book is an extremely lengthy overshare—and in following up our class discussion about the elements of […]
