Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – long Covid from the inside

The cult author’s autofictional follow-up to No One Is Talking About This is the story of a breakdown

The Guardian

Patricia Lockwood Reflects on Social Media, Grief, and Post-Covid Mania in Her New Novel

Patricia Lockwood, the author of *Priestdaddy*, discusses her new novel *Will There Ever Be Another You* in an interview with Emma Brockes. The novel blends Lockwood's personal experiences with the grief from losing her infant niece, Lena, and the disorienting period of mania following the Covid-19 ... [More info]

Patricia Lockwood · Diary: When I Met the Pope

The invitation​ said ‘black dress for Ladies’. ‘You’re not allowed to be whiter than him,’ my husband, Jason...

London Review of Books
#LRB #PatriciaLockwood is on fire in this week's LRB. She is one of the few American writers to have learned that any mention of #Sting makes everything exponentially funnier

"Infinite Jest in particular is like a house party to which he's invited all of his professors. Thomas Pynchon is in the kitchen, opening a can of expired tuna with his teeth."

Patricia Lockwood on David Foster Wallace 😙 👌 https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/patricia-lockwood/where-be-your-jibes-now #writing #PatriciaLockwood #books #bookstodon #literature #DFW

Patricia Lockwood · Where be your jibes now? David Foster Wallace

We knew he was not benevolent exactly (well, some of us knew) but there was the sense that he was suffering on the same...

London Review of Books
Do Famous Men Know How to Read?

Skim through a list of celebrity book clubs, and you'll see the literati within Hollywood is a matriarchy. Celebrity men are missing out.

Jezebel
Reached my target of reading 50 books this year today. My favourites were #YoungMungo by #DouglasStewart , #Heaven by #MiekoKawakami , #Quichotte by #SalmanRushdie and #Klareandthesun by #KazuoIshiguro . Special mention to #Priestdaddy by #PatriciaLockwood .
Der Booker Prize zählt zu den wichtigsten Literaturpreisen der Welt. In diesem Jahr hat der Südafrikaner Damon Galgut den renommierten Preis gewonnen.
Booker Prize 2021 geht an Damon Galgut | DW | 03.11.2021
#BookerPrize #Großbritannien #Literaturauszeichnung #DamonGalgut #AnukArudpragasam #PatriciaLockwood #Bücher #Literatur
Booker Prize 2021 geht an Damon Galgut | DW | 03.11.2021

Der Booker Prize zählt zu den wichtigsten Literaturpreisen der Welt. In diesem Jahr hat der Südafrikaner Damon Galgut den renommierten Preis gewonnen.

Kurz vor Bekanntgabe des renommierten Booker Prize heute Abend stellen wir die Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten vor, die es auf die Shortlist geschafft haben.
Booker Prize 2021: Die Shortlist | DW | 03.11.2021
#BookerPrize #Großbritannien #Literaturauszeichnung #DamonGalgut #AnukArudpragasam #PatriciaLockwood #Bücher #Literatur
Booker Prize 2021: Die Shortlist | DW | 03.11.2021

Kurz vor Bekanntgabe des renommierten Booker Prize heute Abend stellen wir die Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten vor, die es auf die Shortlist geschafft haben.