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Permanent Revolution: Essays by Gail Scott
5.0
"I long for a time when writers wore upstart intellectual performances as a badge of honor. There is, in the CBC archives, a hilarious 1977 interview with a young Margaret Atwood suggesting on national TV that interviewer Hana Gartner would be better off reading Harlequin romances. This in response to Gartner's declaring she cannot empathize with Atwood's depressing stories. Atwood is no difficult writer but she is a Canadian literary figure who has not hesitated to don the mantle of bitch when the situation required. When will more of us return to speaking up? And in whose interest is it that we do not?" Pg. 29 from The Attack of Difficult Women Prose
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~THOUGHTS~
Permanent Revolution is a whip smart collection of old and new essays. This is a collection we need right now! Scott's words ring just as true today as when she wrote them decades ago. Giving us her intimate, queer, feminist ruminations and philosophies on art, literature, writers and feminism. I absolutely loved it! The way she plays with language, form and structure is wholly unique. I first fell for her writing when I read Heroine. It blew my mind! Such as Permanent Revolution has. I devoured this one but I know I will return to it for inspiration again and again. I enjoyed this whole collection, I just love the way Scott thinks and experiments with prose. Such a thought provoking read! Scott is one of those intelligent feminist writers that will stand the test of time again and again!
Thank you @bookhug_press for sending me with this one in exchange for an honest review.
For more of my book content check out https://www.instagram.com/bookalong/
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~THOUGHTS~
Permanent Revolution is a whip smart collection of old and new essays. This is a collection we need right now! Scott's words ring just as true today as when she wrote them decades ago. Giving us her intimate, queer, feminist ruminations and philosophies on art, literature, writers and feminism. I absolutely loved it! The way she plays with language, form and structure is wholly unique. I first fell for her writing when I read Heroine. It blew my mind! Such as Permanent Revolution has. I devoured this one but I know I will return to it for inspiration again and again. I enjoyed this whole collection, I just love the way Scott thinks and experiments with prose. Such a thought provoking read! Scott is one of those intelligent feminist writers that will stand the test of time again and again!
Thank you @bookhug_press for sending me with this one in exchange for an honest review.
For more of my book content check out https://www.instagram.com/bookalong/