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Now’s a Good Time for a Dystopia

Today's reading list features that stalwart genre of anxious times: the dystopia. I've tried to collect some newer and more unusual examples for this list, rather than the old standards that you see on every list. Not only are these novels prime escapist fare, but they serve as a helpful reminder that things could always … Continue reading Now’s a Good Time for a Dystopia

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April 9, 2020Books, Cherie Priest, China Mieville, Claire Vaye Watkins, Dave Eggers, David Mitchell, Dexter Palmer, Dystopia, Hanya Yanagihara, Margaret Atwood, Michel Faber, Paolo Bacigalupi, PD James, Reading list, Science fictionLeave a comment
Best Books of 2010s

Favorite Books of the 2010s: Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

This is a series of book reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins (2015) In the near future, drought has rendered the Southwestern United States nearly uninhabitable. A mountain-high sea dune called the Amargosa has spread over large portions of the Mojave Desert in southern California. … Continue reading Favorite Books of the 2010s: Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

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December 25, 2019December 13, 20192010s, Apocalyptic literature, Claire Vaye Watkins, Dystopia, Gold Fame CitrusLeave a comment
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Recommended Reading: Gold Fame Citrus

This week I'm recommending Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins, which is a bit of a dystopia and a bit of a post-apocalypse and a bit of magical realism and is the latest book I've read set in the American Southwest. In the near future, drought has rendered the Southwestern United States nearly uninhabitable. A mountain-high sea dune … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Gold Fame Citrus

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February 16, 2016August 13, 2017Claire Vaye Watkins, Dystopia, Gold Fame Citrus, Magical realism, Post-apocalyptic fiction, Recommended Reading, Southwestern fictionLeave a comment
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On Pandering: How to Write Like a Man

What an amazing essay by Claire Vaye Watkins. Her novel Gold Fame Citrus is on my "I need to read this soon" list. A taste: Let us embrace a do-it-yourself canon, wherein we each make our own canon filled with what we love to read, what speaks to us and challenges us and opens us up, wherein … Continue reading On Pandering: How to Write Like a Man

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November 24, 2015January 10, 2016Claire Vaye Watkins, Pandering, Patriarchy, Tin House, Women writers, Writing1 Comment

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