required reading
recs include: interviews, book discourse, etc.
Hello reader. How was your weekend? I’m coming to you this Sunday with another roundup of Required Reading. (In other words, a few thought-provoking or cool pieces I read this week.)
I hope you find these interesting and send me a message if you end up reading any of them. Would love to discuss.
I’m Not Feeling Good at All by Jess Bergman for The Baffler. If you’re not sick of Ottessa Moshfegh discourse yet, read this. (Warning: kinda long, but worth it.) A favorite quote from the piece below.
For many young women laboring under the grindstone of American capitalism, the operative feeling of the last ten or fifteen years has not been numbness but suffering. While the characters in these novels have in some cases experienced profound loss, their listless narration renders pain an abstraction. For the most part, denuded realism sidesteps the challenge of depicting the effects of alienating forces on people who do not already live in artificial isolation—who exist at the nexus of various social, familial, and professional relationships. In other words, the kind of people most of us still are.
Tavi Gevinson talks about her artistic process by Rona Akbari for The Creative Independent. It’s a nice convo to read through if you’re seeking creative fervor.
A Vulture interview featuring Pat Regan, my favorite comedian/comedy writer. I will also encourage you to listen to his podcast Seek Treatment and watch HBO’s Hacks, because it is great & he is a writer on the show.
R. Crumb Means Some Offense by M.H. Miller for T Magazine. It’s a profile on the (understandably) very controversial cartoonist R. Crumb who now lives a secluded life in the south of France.
And finally, check out my (!) interview with the Good Children podcasters. (If you haven’t read it already.)
Reader, that’s all I have for you. If you have any must-read recommendations for me, please pass them my way in the comments. See you on Friday <3