In this episode, Rosie and Georgie discuss Honey Mine (eds. Lauren Levin & Eric Sneathen, Nightboat Books, 2021), a collection of coming-of-age stories by lesbian writer Camille Roy. Stacking together memoir, fiction, essay, pulp techniques, and lyrical prose, Roy tells a multifaceted tale of growing up working-class and lesbian in 1980s(ish) midwest America. Throughout the collection, we encounter a young Camille navigating life on the fringes of society alongside a vast web of unusual characters. It’s a beautiful and challenging book, full of incredible wisdoms on experimental writing and form, and we are excited to share our thoughts with you all!

Hear us discuss New Narrative writing, getting lost in Roy’s delicious prose, lesbian sexuality in writing, ETC. before ending with some nonsensical chatter about the TV show Sex, Love and Goop (Netflix, 2021). Yeah, you guessed it, we fell for Gwyneth Paltrow... listen to us babble about her latest media ploy with her controversial wellness brand, Goop.

Content warning for sexual assault/trauma: 34.53 - 39.45 mins

Links

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Buy Honey Mine:

https://nightboat.org/book/honey-mine/

https://londonbookarts.org/product/honey-mine-by-camille-roy/

Mentions

Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian eds., Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative Writing 1977-1997 (2017, Nightboat Books)

https://nightboat.org/book/writers-who-love-too-much/

Lydia Davis, Essays One, Fragmentary or Unfinished (2019, Macmillan)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374148850

Ann Cvetkovich, An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality and Lesbian Public Cultures (2003, Duke University Press) - We didn’t mention the full title in the show, sorry!

https://arena-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/10659431/1b1ea4268916e84c9de6f3ad8b36aee3.pdf?1612836647

Sex, Love and Goop (2021, Netflix)