Hello, all!
Last summer, I spent two weeks guest posting here as The Girl Detective, and had a wonderful time. (I also blog at Modern Mitzvot and cross-post many of my entries to Alas, A Blog). Now I’m thrilled to be back on board as one of Feministe’s new book reviewers. I’ll be writing up one or two books (along with the occasional movie or album) each month; if you’re a member of a small press or are self-publishing, drop us a line at feministe@gmail.com and we’ll let you know where to send review copies.
Also, Jill suggested that we try out a book club, which I think is a fabulous idea. (Note: if you’re not an Oprah fan, feel free to call it a discussion group. If a discussion group sounds boring, you may call it a text-centered opinion exchange collective. I’ll be privately calling it The Read ‘n’ Think.) For our first book, how about Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s So Many Ways to Sleep Badly? Here’s the description from City Lights:
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s exhilarating new novel is about struggling to find hope in the ruins of everyday San Francisco—battling roaches, Bikram Yoga, chronically bad sex, NPR, internet cruising, tweakers, the cops, $100 bills, chronic pain, the gay vote, vegan restaurants, and incest, with the help of air-raid sirens, herbal medicine, late-night epiphanies, sea lions, and sleeping pills. So Many Ways to Sleep Badly unveils a gender-bending queer world where nothing flows smoothly, except for those sudden moments when everything becomes lighter or brighter or easier to imagine.
Sounds good to me! Shall we discuss it on, say, January 4th? Nice Sunday book chat? We won’t be too hung over from New Years, right?