recently read | construction of the self via narrative and cruelty in art
books mentioned: the tower, thea lenarduzzi (2026) the chronology of water: a memoir, lidia yuknavitch (2011) the art of cruelty: a reckoning, maggie nelson (2011) regarding the pain of others, susan sontag (2003) middlemarch, george eliot (1871) the gentrification of the mind: witness to a lost imagination, sarah schulman (2012) substack post mentioned: https://open.substack.com/pub/jameska... 2026 reading project: https://jameskatie.substack.com/p/let... let’s connect, honey instagram (books): / an__otherbook instagram (personal): / _katie.james substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/jameskatie email: [email protected]
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birthday books & traditions
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The Bad Prose Epidemic
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The tradwife novel the internet underestimated.
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Life and Loss
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The Toxic Cast of The O.C Were An Absolute Nightmare Behind The Scenes
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I played 9 Souls-Like games you've never heard of
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some books | art criticism, obsessive voices, chronic pain, and trying to choose my next read
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Where did all the minimalists go?
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why are we dressing like CLONES...? i'm scared
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let’s go thrifting in some rural UK villages (charity shops, antiques & car boot sale)
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10 Big Books I Want to Read Soon | July 2026
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2023 reading stats & favourite books
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Frankie Muniz: The Adults Let It Happen. I Walked Off Set
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How I Stopped Wasting My Time
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The Greatest Historical Novel Ever Written: The Leopard
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ONLY Reading Books from Free Little Libraries for a week!! 🏡📚
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The Path Appears Before It's Paved
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Beautifully Weird Books I've Loved 🐇🖤 | The Book Castle | 2026
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How to be original
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