Emotional stasis and ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’: A personal essay

This past June I read Ottessa Moshfegh’s second novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation.”
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This past June I read Ottessa Moshfegh’s second novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation.”
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Rory’s story, backed by a chorus of thousands, unfolds against a setting so richly developed, it is as if the Santa Ana winds themselves are turning the pages.
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Alvarez’s terse realism, combined with her lilting writing style, is a combination that works well in service to the “telenovela material” she commits to the page.
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“Music From Another World” deserves a read because of its unique approach to depicting historical queerphobia.
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Its beauty is representative of the beauty denied to the women whose suffering permeates every page.
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For Parsons, seeing the literary community come together in this time of strife has been especially gratifying.
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Hearing Fishmann talk about her work, it’s clear that the efficiency and efficacy of this virtual transition has been made possible because of the passion book publishers have for what they do.
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Pretty much everyone in the band’s current lineup comes from a pop-punk background, and they put in special effort to fill their sets with constant movement.
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But I think it’s okay to be uncomfortable with having to adapt. It has to be okay that it will take a moment or several to adapt.
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If you have been desperately yearning for a women-led horror novel that is bone-chilling and slow-building, Rachel Harrison’s debut novel “The Return” is the book for you.
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