- 1. Tessa Thompson Graces the Cover of Our New Spring Issue!
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- ... The BUST Guide Music Reviews; plus, the return of Fever Ray! Movies The Lost King traveled down Rye Lane to ask, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Books Reviews; plus, excellent essayist ...
- Created on 01 March 2023
- 2. "ACNE: A Memoir" explores the awkward teenage years and 2 other books about finding yoursel
- (Books)
- ... that its name implies in more ways than one. – BRANDY BARBER TOO MUCH LIFE By Clarice Lispector (Penguin) Clarice Lispector, a Ukrainian-born Brazilian modernist author and essayist, casually ...
- Created on 17 October 2022
- 3. Larissa Pham Lets Readers Known They're Not Alone With Her Memoir-Style Essays in "Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimac
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- In a stunning, vulnerable memoir-in-essays, author Larissa Pham explains and explores her desire to connect—with people, with places, and even with objects—and, in turn, reminds readers that we aren’t ...
- Created on 04 May 2021
- 4. The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirement
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- Akwaeke Emezi made history when their debut novel, Freshwater, was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019. The 33-year-old is also a video artist and essayist. They received critical acclaim ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 5. Celebrate National Poetry Month With These 5 Collections
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- ... Parker || Magical Negro Morgan Parker is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She is the author of the poetry collections Magical Negro (Tin House 2019), There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Tin ...
- Created on 07 April 2020
- 6. Week Of Women: February 21-27, 2020
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- ... Out February 21. BOOKS Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong Essayist and poet Cathy Park Hong delivers a book that’s part memoir, part nonfiction, part cultural criticism ...
- Created on 20 February 2020
- 7. What New Generations Can Learn From Elizabeth Wurtzel's Legac
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- ... 2018 essay for The Cut, she was “a hashtag before there was Twitter.” Prozac Nation was a memoir that paved the way for a lot of other female essayists and memoirists. We now have countless personal ...
- Created on 07 January 2020
- 8. Zadie Smith Continues To Master The Short Story In "Grand Union
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- GRAND UNION: Stories By Zadie Smith (Penguin Press) Beloved, iconic novelist and essayist Zadie Smith presents her first collection of short stories with Grand Union, many of which are published here ...
- Created on 10 December 2019
- 9. Man Sentenced to Prison After Pledging To Kill “As Many Girls As I See”
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- ... Incels, for involuntary celibate, according to YouTube essayist Natalie Wynn, are individuals who build an identity around being unable to find romantic and sexual partners. Wynn’s video is a deep-dive ...
- Created on 24 May 2019
- 10. How The 19th Century Recognized Their Obligation To Proper Animal Welfare
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- There was no official Earth Day in the 19th century, but scholars, essayists, and theologians often pondered the solemn duty that man owed to the natural world. Admittedly, these ponderings were not ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 11. 9 New Books By Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List
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- ... and feminist essayist Caitlin Moran’s heroine Dolly Wilde has to contend with fame, both her own and that of the man she loves. Dolly isn’t in a great place when the book opens; after leaving the suburbs ...
- Created on 15 August 2018
- 12. How Much Do You Know About Joan Didion?
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- Our April/May 2018 Pop Quiz by BUST editor Emily Rems is all about Joan Didion. Journalist, essayist, novelist, memoirist, playwright, and screenwriter Joan Didion is a literary giant famous for ...
- Created on 26 April 2018
- 13. In "Without A Net," Writers Share Stories Of Growing Up In Povert
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- ... had to eat dog biscuits because it was the only food left in the house. A variety of writing styles are employed throughout “Without a Net,” giving essayists greater range to explore the topic. Silas ...
- Created on 27 February 2018
- 14. 11 Books By Women To Read This November
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- ... on top. 5/5 –Laurie Ann Cedilnik Debriefing: Collected Stories By Susan Sontag, Edited by Benjamin Taylor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Primarily an essayist, Susan Sontag is not well known for her ...
- Created on 14 November 2017
- 15. Finally, "Women In Refrigerators" Tell Their Own Stories: "The Refrigerator Monologues" Revi
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- ... it never reads as a polemic, thanks to both Valente’s style and substance. Whereas any skilled analyst or essayist can break down a trope like fridging (and many have), it takes a skilled fiction writer ...
- Created on 05 July 2017
- 16. Up Close And Impersonal - Alana Massey On "All The Lives I Want": BUST Intervie
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- ... Plath Essayist Alana Massey’s writing about women and pop culture has been making me laugh, think, and throw things (only at boys) for years in places like Elle, New York Magazine, and the Guardian. ...
- Created on 02 June 2017
- 17. Solange On Intersectional Feminism And "A Seat At The Table": BUST Cover Stor
- (Feminism)
- ... We’re persevering.” Marni top; LRS pants; Wendy Faye Jewelry earrings. Our eyes meet, and she declares, “Well, that is what women are doing for me. When I read [poet, essayist, and playwright] Claudia ...
- Created on 22 May 2017
- 18. 11 New Books By Women To Read Right Now
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- ... a celebrated novelist (An Untamed State) and essayist (Bad Feminist)—establishes herself as a master of the short story. For anyone who's experienced trauma, reading these chapters may feel like pressing ...
- Created on 21 April 2017
- 19. Cupcakes, Leather, and Conformity: A Conversation With Artist Penny Arcade
- (Arts)
- ... novelist and essayist Bruce Benderson, sex educator and artist Betty Dodson, and other luminaries like Taylor Mead and Jayne County. “There are people for whom art is vitally important,” says Penny. “They ...
- Created on 06 February 2017
- 20. On Newsstands Now
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- ... Music Reviews; plus, the return of Fever Ray! Movies The Lost King traveled down Rye Lane to ask, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Books Reviews; plus, excellent essayist Samantha Irby! ...
- Created on 01 February 2017
