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Day: January 17, 2024
Sad girl lit and trivialising women’s writing
When I read the title of Charlotte Stroud’s article “The curse of the cool girl novelist” and the accompanying description of said type of novelist, I had a solid image of what she was referring to. Stroud describes “cool girl novelists” as “depressed and alienated”, “incurably downcast”, and “terminally sad”. It had similarities with “sad […]
You Look Like a Skoo and You Smell Like One, Too
Subscribe Strange, short, and diverting writing delivered to your inbox every Monday.. You Look Like a Skoo and You Smell Like One, Too Skoo Once upon a time, I had a terrible marriage. We couldn’t stop fighting. We fought all night. We fought so loudly the neighbors complained. We threw things and called each other […]
Scotsman Obituaries: Oliver Emanuel, award-winning writer of stage and radio plays
Oliver Emanuel, playwright. Born: 4 April 1980 in Pembury, Kent. Died: 19 December 2023 in Perth, aged 43 Oliver Emanuel pictured at an awards ceremony in London in 2022 (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock) Oliver Emanuel, who has died aged 43 after being diagnosed with brain cancer last spring, was a true 21st-century leader on the Scottish […]
Migraines, Motherhood and Marriage: On the Challenges of Managing an Open Relationship
I am nothing if not a diligent student, so when my therapist, Mitchell asks me to track my headaches, think about what I hope to gain from an open marriage, and talk to my mother about the one she had, I take my homework seriously. I track my migraines, but it’s hard to find a […]
Why Nonfiction Writers Should Try Writing Fiction (and Vice Versa)
In 2019, I watched a fantastic (in both senses of the word) documentary called Tell Me Who I Am. It tells the story of Alex and Marcus Lewis, identical twins whose lives were upended by an unusual, perhaps even unprecedented, form of amnesia. As a teenager, Alex suffered an accident that destroyed his memory; he […]
