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  question for world poetry day: what poems did you...

woah, how did you get the Anne Boyer so fast? Part of me hopes you’re reviewing it!

idk! the book depository sent it out to me and now they seem to have realised the pub date isn’t until june so they’re only taking preorders. it’s a weird mystery.

i am considering writing a review for a blog, or something. not sure where else i could pitch it. would be fun to do though.

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decadent-romanticism replied to your post: I culled ten pages of my thesis this afternoon, in...

brava! (if, you know, you’re happy with it that way…)

I’m happy because I, unsurprisingly, prepped a PhD worth of material for something that can’t be over a hundred pages. It just stings a bit though because like a year worth of my reading is now not worthless but unusable. 

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decadent-romanticism replied to your post: I can’t wait until I get to design my own seminars...

have you read Kate Zambreno’s ‘Heroines’?! That book threw me into a year-long rage.

Omg no, but I need to. 

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decadent-romanticism

  i met anne boyer and got her to sign my copy of a...

Ahhhh I’m so happy you were there! Please relate all anecdotes! How lucky are we to have Anne Boyer for a year tbh

so, so lucky. i was basically just like. HI I LOVE YOUR BOOK. 

honestly it was all just so good. have you got the ann quin book, The Unmapped Country? anne boyer read from the biographical sketch at the end of that, One Day In The Life Of A Writer, and then she read the second part of Not Writing from Garments Against Women, and they discussed how those texts speak to each other... the way that they’re both important pieces of writing which are concerned with and don’t conceal their own conditions of having been written.

jennifer hodgson read Ghostworm, and from an amazing letter by ann quin that she found in an archive? they talked about how ann quin doesn’t have her own archive, so there’s stuff that other people just have, or that made its way into the archives of other writers, like robert creeley.

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decadent-romanticism replied to your post: Do you and A ever fight? Sorry I don't mean that...

I don’t fight with my partner either & am shocked by how many people are shocked by this, it’s so strange to me.

I just don’t understand how it’s a shocking thing. Fighting doesn’t make things more real. 

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decadent-romanticism replied to your post “i’m making a goodreads shelf of all the books that i think sound cool...”

idk why there's nothing properly written about this yet (the guardian did its first #2017 fiction piece today) BUT Granta's forthcoming catalogue is out & I'm very excited for Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone. Also Emily Berry's new collection!

poetry is its own nightmare as well! i swear i never hear if there’s a new book out until the author tweets about it (i actually did know about the emily berry but........ i follow her on twitter, so. thanks for reminding me! i should put her on my list).

i will seek the granta catalogue, thanks for the tip!

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decadent-romanticism replied to your post: the reluctant fundamentalist is so cringey 

it was the source of perpetual mockery in my world literature class. i’m sort of grateful it exists just for those laughs.

good to know honestly-i'm just aghast mira nair made a movie out of it

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“so, i am dealing with some intense anxiety atm, on and off. i have...”

Hope you soon feel better. My anxiety is tangled up with food too, it's no fun at all. If I can't face a meal, I have those biscuit bars with dried fruit inside and yogurt flavour topping (Sainsburys do a cheaper version of whatever the brand is). Or sometimes oat biscuits dipped in ovaltine, and grapes if I have any. Basically, something familiar, bland, small, and sweet. The familiarity is important and reassuring.

yes!! this was the rationale behind the mcdonald’s burger, honestly (prompted by someone on twitter recommending i try something nostalgic). i was walking through canterbury earlier and walked past mcdonald’s and... the smell... of mcdonald’s... was very familiar. and i just knew i’d be able to eat it. this is also why i’m good with the tunnocks caramel bars, i think -- i have them with tea a lot as a regular thing. they make me happy. they’re comforting.

grapes are a really good idea -- going to look for some tomorrow. i think oat biscuits might be too much for me, but those biscuit bars sound promising (i think i know the ones).

vmohlere replied to your post “decadent-romanticism so, i am dealing with some intense anxiety atm,...”

Avocado toast is delish. I also like avocado + black beans.

after a kind of failed attempt at toast tonight i;m wary of it, but i am tempted to try avocado and beans tomorrow. my problem with both foods is that they’re both too bland for me to be able to deal with them on their own, but maybe if i use salt and maybe have some egg too....

septembriseur replied to your post “so, i am dealing with some intense anxiety atm, on and off. i have...”

FROZEN MANGO

sadly i do not think this is a thing here but it sounds amazing. i should investigate at... The Big Sainsbury’s. i know they do frozen raspberries... (which i enjoy v much)

decadent-romanticism replied to your post “decadent-romanticism so, i am dealing with some intense anxiety atm,...”

I find salt and lime mixed in make it a bit more interesting/nicer alone. Or plain tortilla chips, if they wouldn't overwhelm you. But yeah - good luck with the beans x

this is a good idea! the salt & lime in particular (yeah i think the tortilla chips might be too much for me atm). if the avocado is still good i’ll try this if i don’t feel up to beans.

opticor replied to your post “so, i am dealing with some intense anxiety atm, on and off. i have...”

my go-to is boiled potatoes/potato salad! hope you feel better soon xx

yess i should try some potato. i was wondering about mash, or about some kind of cheese & potatoes thing. yum.