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Sto caricando le informazioni... All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangersdi Alana Massey
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Some essays are amazing, some I wish went further. I believe I responded best when it connected to The author's deeper and more personal stories. Regardless, all essays elicited a level of response and thought from me, even if the ideas were familiar they felt like looking through a fresh lens. ( ) All the Lives I Want by Alana Massey is the book I’ve wanted to write, and wish I did write. Ms. Massey dwells on pop-culture with the eye of a lit critic and the heart of a sad girl. From her essays on Lana del Rey and Fiona Apple to her explorations on Amber Rose, stripping, and Winona Ryder, I was glued to my kindle. Almost every essay in this book was a more serious and thought provoking adventure into my mind than I had ever taken myself, and I recommend this to all who have ever embarked on the sad girl journey and those who are intrigued. https://maryjanereads.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/all-the-lives-i-want-alana-massey... There used to be a columnist for the KC Star who would write editorials like, "Beyonce's Friendship With Michelle Obama is a Beautiful Thing No Matter What Anybody Says." This is a "no, duh" thing for anyone like me, and so to read 500-1,000 words about why we need to give Bey a break is like... ???? This is a more specific, more informed example of the same thing, like, tell me something about Lana Del Rey I don't know, and how does "Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen and the Singularity" fail so spectacularly to deliver on its promise. I found it so boring only because I agreed with all/most of it. Hit many uber-specific cultural touchstones that resonated with me deeply. Her tone is just right - not too casual, not too confessional. A few essays suffering from an excess of quotations (sorry, Sylvia Plath), but the collection was very strong as a whole and achieved its project wonderfully. Still, at the end of the day, it's hard to read about people's abusive relationships and eating disorders, even if they're amazing writers (which Alana certainly is). This rating is rounded up from 2.5, if only gr allowed half stars...I was expecting more personal essays; these seemed mostly just observational. The essay "Long Game Bitches" seems to have the most personal anecdotes sprinkled in all the commentary and they totaled maybe 5% of the word count. Also, many of the details about the celebs felt like they were just expanded headlines from celeb news sites. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"From columnist and critic Alana Massey, a collection of essays examining the intersection of the personal with pop culture through the lives of pivotal female figures-- from Sylvia Plath to Britney Spears-- in the spirit of Chuck Klosterman, with the heart of a true fan. Mixing Didion's affected cool with moments of giddy celebrity worship, Massey examines the lives of the women who reflect our greatest aspirations and darkest fears back onto us. These essays are personal without being confessional and clever in a way that invites readers into the joke. A cultural critique and a finely wrought fan letter, interwoven with stories that are achingly personal, All the lives I want is also an exploration of mental illness, the sex industry, and the dangers of loving too hard. But it is, above all, a paean to the celebrities who have shaped a generation of women-- from Scarlett Johansson to Amber Rose, Lil' Kim, Anjelica Huston, Lana Del Rey, Anna Nicole Smith and many more. These reflections aim to reimagine these women's legacies, and in the process, teach us new ways of forgiving ourselves"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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