A Handbook of Disappointed Fate

I love a poet with a sense of humour, especially when it comes to playing with words, her material of also being serious when it is necessary. I have not read her poetry, but this book is pretty inviting in the sense that everything goes through poetry, music, politics, sickness, art. Great stuff.......more

A lot of writing — particularly in the field of memoirs — can feel formulaic. The author asserts an identity — whether tied to race, age, class, gender or illness — and narrates that identity for the edification of the other. In “Handbook of Disappointed Fate”, Anne Boyer turns that norm inside out......more

Comme le dirait Olivia Tapiero (si je la connaissais personnellement et que j'avais un accès privilégié à son travail sur le livre de Boyer) ceci est noueux as fuck mais, oh combien jouissif. Par moments, on dirait que Julio Cortazar et Gertrude Stein ont fait un bébé qui travaille maintenant chez Pitc......more

brb just shoving this a little deeper into my heart's pocket......more