We’re at the end of the year (and decade! What. How. Can I panic?) and here’s what I’ve been reading:
Your tongue is still yours which won the 2019 Bodley Head/FT essay prize. Don’t know how to talk about it in a way that makes sense but read the essay and perhaps you will understand what I mean.
Speaking of essays, here’s The Tiger Cub-- another personal essay I love. It’s by Rose Lu, taken from her debut book called All Who Live on Islands. This essay particular essay feels a bit too relatable because it’s about sibling bonds and mental health and family dynamics and everything in between.
Also, slowly making my way through these 25 modern love essays for when you want to laugh, cringe and cry
Lydia Davis: ten of my recommendations for good writing habits
Somehow got to googling ways to instantly boost/improve bad moods and found this small list of ways to bust a bad mood in 10 minutes or less
There are lots and lots of ‘best books of the year’ lists circulating around this time but since I’m always obsessed with what writers are reading, here’s a list of the best books of 2019 picked by writers
“You can’t have something that’s just pure, and sanitised, and clean. It’s what we were talking about: a sanitised feminism. I can really say that we actually don’t take time to learn from each other and to listen because we don’t want to. We love attacking, but we don’t like listening and collaborating,” Petra Collins, on how Tumblr feminism became corporate capitalism
How Chinese sci-fi conquered America-- a brilliant piece on Chinese SFF, translation, and how Ken Liu is bridging the gap between Chinese science fiction and American readers.
