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Lowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio

Saisio's autofiction beautifully encapsulates a woman's coming-of-age struggle amid familial complexities and the transformative power of literature.

Eurotrash by Christian Kracht review blackly comic autofiction

The novel 'Eurotrash' by Christian Kracht balances dark familial themes with humor, illustrating complex relationships through a journey across Switzerland.

Lowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio

Saisio's autofiction beautifully encapsulates a woman's coming-of-age struggle amid familial complexities and the transformative power of literature.

Eurotrash by Christian Kracht review blackly comic autofiction

The novel 'Eurotrash' by Christian Kracht balances dark familial themes with humor, illustrating complex relationships through a journey across Switzerland.
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Nobody's Empire by Stuart Murdoch review Belle and Sebastian and me

Stuart Murdoch's debut novel, Nobody's Empire, intertwines his experiences of chronic fatigue syndrome with music identity in an engaging autofiction narrative.
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The Knausgaard Book That Deserves More Attention

Knausgaard's confessional style and fame make him a unique literary figure, despite ongoing critiques of his themes and artistic choices.

The Crisis of the Realist Novel

Zadie Smith distinguished between avant-garde exploration of language and perception and traditional lyrical realism in novel writing.

Tilly Lawless's YA Novel Is an Uncensored Depiction of Teenage Girlhood

Tilly Lawless steps away from Instagram, prioritizing privacy and creative expression through her writing.

The Knausgaard Book That Deserves More Attention

Knausgaard's confessional style and fame make him a unique literary figure, despite ongoing critiques of his themes and artistic choices.

The Crisis of the Realist Novel

Zadie Smith distinguished between avant-garde exploration of language and perception and traditional lyrical realism in novel writing.

Tilly Lawless's YA Novel Is an Uncensored Depiction of Teenage Girlhood

Tilly Lawless steps away from Instagram, prioritizing privacy and creative expression through her writing.
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"Very Demure, Very Mindful": A Ten-Minute Cig With Performer Nile Harris

Artist Nile Harris brought avant-garde to theater with autofictional play minor b, exploring themes of horniness and madness in New York's gay sex discourse.

Andre Alexis on Reality and Transformation

The author chose a narrative voice and perspective that infuses storytelling and transforms reality through the lens of folktales and personal obsessions.

How Should a Diary Be? Sheila Heti Scrambles Her Life in Alphabetical Diaries | The Walrus

Sheila Heti has serialized her diary in alphabetical order for the New York Times and now anthologized it as a novel called Alphabetical Diaries.
As a prolific diarist, Heti joins the ranks of famous authors such as the Brontë sisters, Virginia Woolf, Anaïs Nin, and Susan Sontag.

Ben Lerner, Personal Poet

Ben Lerner's autofictional novels serve as a record of his life and development.
Lerner's poetry challenges notions of voice and authenticity in lyric poetry.
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Kate Zambreno Collects Herself

Autofictionist focuses on finding and losing the self in her work.
Raising children during the pandemic led to a change in focus.

Kate Zambreno Collects Herself

Autofictionist focuses on finding and losing the self in her work.
Raising children during the pandemic led to a change in focus.

Kate Zambreno Collects Herself

Autofictionist focuses on finding and losing the self in her work.
Raising children during the pandemic led to a change in focus.

Kate Zambreno Collects Herself

Autofictionist focuses on finding and losing the self in her work.
Raising children during the pandemic led to a change in focus.
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Kate Zambreno Collects Herself

Autofictionist focuses on finding and losing the self in her work.
Raising children during the pandemic led to a change in focus.
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