#sarah shun-lien bynum

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"Likes" is available to read here

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tagged by @duelsong for this end of 2023 favorites thing 🫶 and i love making lists, so!!!

books

the wind up bird chronicle by haruki murakami — so i read about half of this book when i was 18 over a decade ago, and it resonated deeply with me, but i couldn’t finish it. reading it this year felt like some kind of full circle thing like i was finally ready to absorb its messages

bluebeard by kurt vonnegut

likes by sarah shun-lien bynum

franny and zooey by jd salinger

pastoralia by george saunders

movies

poor things (2023) which i JUST saw JUST NOW in the theater

portrait of a lady on fire (2019)

us (2019)

i’m thinking of ending things (2020)

barbie (2023)

bound (1996)

albums

folklore by taylor swift

evermore by taylor swift

red (taylor’s version) by taylor swift

can you tell that i have finally surrendered to fate (aka falling in hopeless love with taylor swift) after years of self-identifying as Not That Girl. and have listened to nothing else for several weeks now

the kick inside by kate bush

no presh tags @keziahrainalso @imsodishy @ironworked and anyone else who wants to make some lil lists

[harperhargravesantifiction]

books that made me a better writer

bluets- Maggie Nelson

Revolutionary Road- Richard Yates

Autobiography of Red- Anne Carson

Madeline is Sleeping- Sarah Shun-LIen Bynum

You're probably wondering, Harper Hargraves, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH DEATH RATTLE

EVERYTHING has to do with an anti novel, the plot is the boundless mess of the universe.

[caitlinchart]

I had been invited there to finish a chapter on William James. I was to do so in the company of eight other people working on interesting, improbably projects. The invitation had come as a great surprise to me and had a magical effect on my confidence. As soon as I set foot in the farmhouse, however, every thought and hope I had about William James flew out of my head, like a bit of charred paper up a chimney. He had been my companion for several months, and now he turned into a man I barely knew. His sudden disappearance made the days seem long. Soon I discovered that the pastimes I had always imagined I'd enjoy--such as dipping into newly published novels, and drifting off to sleep in the middle of the afternoon--left me with a stiff neck, as well as a feeling of dread.

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, “The Bears,” The Best American Short Stories 2016, ed. Junot Diaz

[bigtickhk]

Likes by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum https://amzn.to/3jCgcor

[eliamatrell]

As far as Mother understands, hers is not the only family ever to experience calamity. Daughters wander off into the woods, stumble into prostitution, fall in love with sailors, are eaten by wolves.

SARAH SHUN-LIEN BYNUM, from Madeline Is Sleeping.

[morgan--reads]

Books I Didn’t Finish in 2019 - Part 1 - The Abandoned

At the start of 2019, I made a resolution to give up on more books. While there’s something to be said for pushing through a book you don’t like, to pick at why it’s enraging or clumsy or underdeveloped, I definitely tried to abandon anything that was becoming a simple slog. Here are the books I gave up on and don’t plan to pick back up. 

Cinnamon and Gunpowder - Eli Brown 

Too much historical realism applied to such a fantastic concept made this book far less fun than I had hoped for. It felt stiff and the unpleasant interactions between characters weren’t lightened by enough jokes. 

The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin

In general, books that follow characters across a lifetime tend to me a difficult sell for me. Benjamin’s writing is perfectly inoffensive and the concept driving the plot is very interesting, but the book never hooked me and I didn't regret setting it aside.  

The Terror - Dan Simmons 

It’s a fun thriller, with just enough historical detail to add flavor. The female characters were badly conceived and written, but the men were interesting and well-developed. Ultimately, it was the length of this book that proved my undoing. The thrills weren’t unsustainable over hundreds of pages and I wasn’t driven enough to see how it ended. I do plan to watch the show at some point. 

Our House - Louise Candlish 

The writing is bad and the premise, while intriguing on the back cover, didn’t look like it was going anywhere interesting. There are plenty of domestic thrillers being turned out these days. I wouldn’t waste time on this one. 

Madeline is Sleeping - Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Deeply weird and interesting in places, but there wasn’t enough of a plot to keep me pushing through the dreamlike prose. 

The Hunger - Alma Katsu

A similar premise to The Terror, but without the same creepy thrills. Even as the stakes raised for the characters, I failed to feel alarmed, their personalities too flat for me to care much about their grisly fates. 

[aether--or]

“Two women together, confessing the terrible love they felt for their husbands, so much deeper and sharper than they had ever expected to feel, could then pour fresh cups of coffee, pick up crumbs off the new yellow dishes with the moist- ened tips of their fingers, and proceed to speak gravely of their feelings for the king without suffering the slightest twinge of foolishness or betrayal.”

[retreatretreat]

I had been invited there to finish a chapter on William James. I was to do so in the company of eight other people working on interesting, improbable projects. The invitation had come as a great surprise to me and had a magical effect on my confidence. As soon as I set foot in the farmhouse, however, every thought and hope I had about William James flew out of my head, like a bit of charred paper up a chimney. He had been my companion for several months, and now he turned into a man I barely knew. His sudden disappearance made the days seem long. Soon I discovered that the pastimes I had always imagined I'd enjoy--such as dipping into newly published novels, and drifting off to sleep in the middle of the afternoon--left me with a stiff neck, as well as a feeling of dread.

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, “The Bears,” The Best American Short Stories 2016, ed. Junot Diaz

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Its own delicious meal

From Asia Pacific Arts’ interview with Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

APA: For your fiction, how much of the work you do is influenced by real life experience? SSB: There's a lot of real life in there, but it's all transformed. I think it was Alice Munro who said something about details from real life being the yeast that allows the bread to rise, and I've certainly found that to be true. But then, the bread becomes its own delicious meal, because it's very much its own entity, separate from what gave rise to it. But I definitely am guilty of pillaging my own experiences for the seeds of stories.

(http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/w_apa/showarticle.aspx?articleID=16340&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)

[joncronshawauthor]

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 404

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 404

Short story: “Likes” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, from the New Yorker, October 2017. Recommended.

Poem: Tree Frogs by William Logan, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.

Essay: Ouija Boards, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.

What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?

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Sometimes when you post selfies I try to snoop your bookcase in the background. What do you read? What are your favourites?

this is such a funny question.. i'm currently reading The Divided Self by R.D. Laing? it’s very funky. My favorite novel ever is ‘Of Love and Other Demons’ by Gabriel García Márquez. The 10th century sufi poem ‘The Conference of the Birds’ changed my life when i read it ... idk... 

Other faves.. hm.. Madeleine is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara tho it left me empty and heartbroken lol, The Iliad i guess, my 14 year old self would murder me if i didn’t mention The Metamorphosis lol.. literally anything written or translated by Anne Carson, A Season in Hell by Rimbaud, Of Lamb by Matthea Harvey, Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag is a classic, Margins of Philosophy by lil ol’ Derrida, i mostly just read nonfiction books about anthropology and history and religion tbh... i wanna start reading more fiction

[i-am-elder-maxson]

10: TALK ABOUT YOUR WRITING

((That's such an open question I have no clue what to talk about. 

When I’m in try hard mode I tend to write in a poetic prose.  Every sentence (and, when I am actually trying) is intended to be as poignant and telling as possible while still sound pleasant to the ears. (see Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's Madeline is Sleeping as a good example).That isn't always possible but I try when I can.  My style has been immensely inspired by her, Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, and Allen Ginsberg. I say inspired. 

I enjoy being overly descriptive. And I also hate the term ‘purple prose’ because its now thrown at anyone that writes descriptively. But you didn't ask me that so...))

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NPR News: 'Likes': Tales That Dig Below The Surface Of Familiar Experiences

'Likes': Tales That Dig Below The Surface Of Familiar Experiences NPR's Audie Cornish talks with author Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum about her new book, Likes. In its stories, she peels back the rhythms of daily life to explore the dark, wondrous elements underneath. Read more on NPR

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Likes by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum https://amzn.to/3jCgcor

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26 Most Anticipated Books Of September 2020, From ‘Daddy’ To ‘Jack’

Fall 2020 has a spate of nice new books so that you can try. Kicking issues off proper, the most anticipated books of September 2020 embody brand-new collections of poetry and brief fiction, heartbreaking literary novels, and tense thrillers. Whether or not you are most enthusiastic about Marilynne Robinson’s Jack or Ruth Ware’s One by One, you will discover every little thing you are in search of and extra right here.

The primary week of the month begins with new arrivals from Emma Cline, Elena Ferrante, and Yaa Gyasi — , the authors of The Women, My Sensible Good friend, and Homegoing. However nothing slows down within the weeks to observe, as Susanna Clarke, Sigrid Nunez, and Claudia Rankine be part of the refrain of nice voices ready for you this month.

The 26 most anticipated books of September 2020 have somewhat one thing for everybody. Whether or not you are in search of some darkish academia, a spooky thriller, or a extra lighthearted learn, this month’s new releases have you ever lined.

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Sep. 1

A group of 9 tales from the writer of Madeleine Is Sleeping, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s Likes explores the weirdness of latest life, from social media to the gig financial system.

Sep. 1

On this new assortment from the writer of The Women, you will discover 10 tales inspecting the darkish underbelly of contemporary society, with characters who go into hiding, go into rehab, and go on the lam.

Sep. 1

An all-new standalone novel from the writer of My Sensible Good friend, Elena Ferrante’s The Mendacity Lifetime of Adults facilities on a younger lady experiencing an identification disaster. Giovanna’s father tells her that she appears to be like like her Aunt Vittoria, a mysterious relative her dad and mom appear to hate. Unable to see the resemblance, Giovanna goes looking for an identification of her personal in Naples.

Sep. 1

After Gifty’s beloved brother died of a drug overdose, their mom sank right into a deep, suicidal despair, and now refuses to go away her mattress. Learning for her PhD, Gifty searches for solutions to the thriller of her household’s disintegration, all of the whereas feeling herself pulled again towards the spiritual organizations of her childhood.

Mina Lee is useless. Her daughter, Margot, solely discovered when she returned house to L.A.’s Koreatown after dropping contact along with her mom. As Margot seeks out solutions to the thriller of a mom she might not have really recognized in any respect, The Final Story of Mina Lee strikes between her search and an examination of the primary 12 months Mina spent within the metropolis.

Sep. 1

Gina LaManna’s Three Single Wives facilities on a ebook membership that has simply turned murderous. Three ladies collect to drink wine and gossip, however when one reveals a philandering husband, all three start to plot. Now somebody is useless, and the three ladies on the coronary heart of LaManna’s novel all have secrets and techniques to maintain.

Sep. 1

Kirabo has grown up surrounded by robust ladies, together with her grandmother and aunts, however she would not know who her mom is. As she begins to ask questions on her origins, Kirabo feels pulled in several instructions, and finds herself rising near an area witch who is aware of her mom’s identification.

Sep. 1

Afi’s husband Elikem is rich, profitable, and capable of present for each her and her mom. There’s only one drawback: Afi and Elikem are solely married as a result of his earlier — and probably present — paramour didn’t have his mom’s approval. Residing the excessive life in Accra, small-town woman Afi should resolve whether or not the consolation is value her husband’s continued absence in His Solely Spouse.

Sep. 1

Jennifer Ok. Sweeney’s lauded new poetry assortment lands in shops this month. Bringing points going through a threatened pure world along with common experiences and well timed issues, Foxlogic, Fireweed is likely one of the 12 months’s must-read books of poetry.

Sep. 1

Set close to the Scottish coast, Evie Wyld’s The Bass Rock follows three ladies as they try and blaze their very own trails after experiencing patriarchal violence. Mourning her not too long ago deceased father, Viviane works to get her grandmother’s haunted house so as. Years in the past, her grandmother, Ruth, reckoned with infertility whereas caring for an additional lady’s kids. And tons of of years earlier than Ruth, an accused witch named Sarah ran away from sure loss of life towards what she hoped was security.

Sep. 8

Jenny Bhatt’s debut assortment of brief fiction strikes between members of the Indian diaspora, pausing to look at the experiences of extraordinary individuals as they go towards the grain to make their manner by means of life.

Sep. 8

Toni Jensen grew up round weapons. However bird-hunting along with her father was a a lot completely different expertise than staring down bored barrels at Standing Rock. A brand new and much-needed voice, Métis writer Jensen shares her deepest ideas and most emotional experiences in Carry.

Sep. 8

Rag writer Maryse Meijer’s debut novel is The Seventh Mansion: a literary coming-of-age story a few younger man with convictions that might destroy him. When he is expelled from college after rescuing mink from a farm, Xie embarks on a path of radical activism and self-discovery. From his discovery of — and obsession with — the stays of a martyred Catholic saint, to his marketing campaign to avoid wasting an area forest, Xie’s journey grows more and more fraught on this tense novel.

Sep. 8

Within the wake of Graham’s loss of life, Annie discovers her late husband’s betrayal on this absorbing novel from the writer of Inventing the Abbots and The Senator’s Spouse. After 30 years collectively, Annie and Graham had the picture-perfect life… or so she thought. Now compelled to reckon with the information of her late husband’s infidelity, the brand new widow finds herself falling aside on this gripping new novel.

Sep. 8

An illustrated assortment of essays ruminating on the pure world, Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s new ebook is a feast for any reader. Hopping throughout america to go to essential places within the writer’s life, World of Wonders examines kinship and belonging by means of vivid, considerate comparisons to our neighbors within the pure world.

Sep. 8

Simply as Herman prepares to wrap up his trip and return house to Paris together with his household, tragedy strikes. His spouse and youngster are nowhere to be discovered. Herman stays within the village as the opposite vacationers depart, and shortly discovers that the little neighborhood shouldn’t be what it seems to be.

Sep. 8

The Good friend writer Sigrid Nunez returns to retailer cabinets this month with What Are You Going By way of: a novel about life and loss of life within the broadest phrases. Nunez’s new ebook facilities on an unnamed narrator whose terminally sick buddy has simply requested her to be current at her suicide. Floating by means of the times main as much as her buddy’s life, the narrator is compelled to think about her personal life and mortality.

Sep. 8

From the writer of Citizen: An American Lyric comes Simply Us: An American Dialog. Claudia Rankine’s new ebook is one other well timed exploration of race and racism in america, inspecting who will get to be judged and who will get to only be.

Sep. 8

Thriller readers, take observe! Ruth Ware’s One by One lands in shops this month, and you do not need to miss it. When a handful of work-mates get snowed in throughout an organization retreat, it is all enjoyable and video games… till individuals begin to flip up useless.

Sep. 15

The follow-up to Jonathan Unusual and Mr Norrell is lastly right here! Piranesi follows its eponymous hero as he explores the unusual and infinite home wherein he’s imprisoned. He is in search of the secrets and techniques the Different has tasked him with discovering, however what he’ll truly uncover is anybody’s guess.

Sep. 15

A group of autobiographical tales set through the Rwandan genocide, Igifu will tear out your coronary heart and piece it again collectively once more. Coping with themes of poverty, hunger, and loss of life, the tales in Scholastique Mukasonga’s new assortment will hang-out you lengthy after you’ve got completed studying.

Sep. 15

A brand new work of epic fantasy with ties to the Arthurian legends, Signe Pike’s The Forgotten Kingdom facilities on Languoreth, a Sixth-century Scottish lady whose son and husband have gone to face her brother in battle. Within the aftermath, Languoreth and her brother emerge, ceaselessly modified by the horrors of the conflict.

Sep. 15

The most recent ebook in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead collection, Jack follows a younger interracial couple as they navigate life in Jim Crow-era St. Louis. The kids of preachers, Jack, an aimless white man, and Della, a Black schoolteacher, discover themselves drawn to 1 one other in a hostile world that solely needs to tear them aside.

Sep. 22

Years in the past, when her brother disappeared, Lucy made up a narrative. She’s been telling tales ever since, and now she will get paid to take action. However Lucy’s husband Dan has simply vanished. Her tales have been learn by readers in every single place, however now she’s within the highlight, and she or he’s shortly dropping floor.

Sep. 29

A younger woman grows a tiger tail after listening to a fairy story from her mom on this whimsical new novel. Bestiary facilities on Daughter, a Taiwanese-American woman falling in love with one other woman in her neighborhood, Ben. Puberty begins to awaken new powers and emotions in each of them, on this myth-twisting novel.

Sep. 29

A brand new assortment of poetry about trauma and restoration, Render is a touching, uncooked ebook that seeks to crystallize all of our questions on harm and therapeutic, and reaches for solutions the place there could also be none.

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