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Margot Black Is Back!

January 11, 2020
B&W photo of Joan Bennett in "Woman in the Window"

This is some marketing copy I wrote in 2012 or 2013, in a crime fiction class with Lynne Hightower. Thousands of words later, much has changed, and yet the general outline still holds. At that point, I imagined I was writing a genre novel and that I would bang it out quickly and…. Of course,… Read More Margot Black Is Back!

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I bought this book years ago and for whatever reas I bought this book years ago and for whatever reason it has languished in my #wanttoread pile — until now. And suddenly it is exactly the right book at the right time, as I grapple anew with the exceptionally complicated and intertwined politics of antifascism, anticommunism, antisemitism in mid 20th century America — and, of course, the parallels to today. #amreading #amwriting #historymatters #lillianhellman #alicekesslerharris #hollywoodblacklist #adifficultwoman #mustreadbook
Celebrating the life and work of #octaviaebutler o Celebrating the life and work of #octaviaebutler on the 15th anniversary of her death. Lynell George’s new book on the tenacious self-making of OEB as a writer is a deep dive into OEB’s creative process, reconstructed from the OEB archive at the #huntingtonlibrary — and is itself as brilliant and inspiring as its subject. I could not put this book down — in fact, it’s the only book I’ve read cover to cover in months! #mustreadbooks #lynellgeorge #creativeprocess #otd #literarybio #blackwomenwriters
Sometimes my favorite part of novel writing is the Sometimes my favorite part of novel writing is the research! I’m struggling with the nitty gritty of my journalist character’s work life — and hoping this behind-the-scenes take on #LIFEmagazine gives me some insight. #amwriting #historicalfiction #research
#booksof2020 — if only I’d been able to read! #booksof2020 — if only I’d been able to read! Here’s hoping 2021 brings more focus. #wanttoread
No need to worry about losing the girlish laughter No need to worry about losing the girlish laughter. This rediscovered feminist satire of classical Hollywood is boffo with belly laughs! #studiosystem #hollywoodsatire #feministfiction #mustread #amreading
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26 Feb

Wow. You know how sometimes you’re reading a story and about halfway through you realize that it’s digging under your skin and will never leave you? This is one of those for me.

Meg Elison@megelison

"She wanted a flat, empty lap and a hot computer balanced on her knees. She wanted inches of clearance between her hips and an airline seat and to buy the clothes she saw on the mannequin in the window. She wanted what everybody wants. Respect."

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25 Feb

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