The summertime is a hotbed for magical, endless, surreal, and diary worthy experiences. You know what we’re talking about: summer love, freedom, heartbreak, and sunburns. In between long walks on the beach and courting your seasonal flames, you’re going to have some down time. We suggest you unwind, hydrate, and collect inspiration from these rad female visionaries! Here are our top picks for your 2015 Beach Reading List:
Novels:
How Should A Person Be by Sheila Heti
Mislaid by Nell Zink
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv Albertine
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
The Vacationers by Emma Straub
Poetry:
When You Say One Thing But You Mean Your Mother by Melissa Broder
MotherLand, Fatherland, Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood
I Went To Sleep Drunk And Woke Up Hungry by Katie Wheeler-Dubin
Graphic Novels:
Melody by Sylvie Rancourt
Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Displacement by Lucy Knisley
Not Funny Ha Ha by Leah Hayes
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Bee Gray is a creative writer and essayist living in Oakland, California. She loves studying contemporary culture, media, and human behavior. She thinks life is art, she thinks women are art, she surrounds herself in goddesses, she can't stop talking. Follow her on Instagram @beesuschrist.
