Books, Film & Reading
Goodreads: Finding Writing Inspiration Through a Monumental Year of Reading
Aging and birthdays are usually not a big deal to me which, now that I really think about it, likely stems from childhood.
Books, Film & Reading
Reading lists, rereading Harry Potter, a year of Goodreads goals, Paris bookshops, a Mauritian novel, and a film about a child in Beirut. This is where the historians wrote as readers and viewers rather than researchers.
The interview with New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins about a career in writing sits here too.
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Ananda Devi’s Painful, Poetic Prose
You continue to think about them, mull over the plot lines and character development, try to discern the ending’s “meaning”––especially when the…
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Political Literature: Marie NDiaye’s “Three Strong Women”
“…Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.
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The Bookish Flâneuse in Paris
In her recent book , Lauren Elkin displaces the focus from the 19th-century flâneur —dreamed up by Baudelaire as someone who ambles aimlessly,…
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Sparkling Water and Chocolate Eclairs: An Interview with Lauren Collins
New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins on her road from Vogue to Paris, how ideas find her, her start-to-finish drafting process, and the book on…
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Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum”: Film Thoughts & Historical Background
In an attempt to elevate my self-care routine, I’ve started to take myself out on dates a little more often. I actually *love* to spend time alone.
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Good Company
When the school year ends, I always feel a bit bereft. I love the academic cycle, the fresh starts each fall and again with each term (small…
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An Introduction and Leisure Reading as Self-Care
HELLO, readers of Smart Women Write! I am delighted to be a part of this amazing team of writers and excited to share pieces of my life and work…
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Reading and Re-Reading Harry Potter
I still remember the first time I had learned about Harry Potter and the magical world that has been available to us for 20 years this week.
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Waiting for Wonder Woman
I don’t remember the first time I met Wonder Woman. I remember her presence in my childhood as a sense of wanting to be her (or Princess Leia, or…