✐ Members' thread: What's been capturing your Stray Attention?
Share your hot tips and hot takes
I love to hear what you’re loving at the moment - books, TV, film, music, exhibitions, events, or maybe share something you’re looking forward to.
I read two brilliant proofs this weekend: The Art of Not Eating: A Doubtful History of Appetite and Desire by Jesssica Hamel-Akre, a history of restrictive eating infused with memoir (despite the slightly worrying title, it’s all about the harm done by the early diet industry, and how it continues to this day); and Clay: A Human History by Jennifer Lucy Allan, which tells the long story of our relationship with clay. Both are out in a few months.
I’m really looking forward to reading The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing and My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss.
Tell me yours!
Katherine x
P.S. I have live dates coming up, and I keep forgetting to post about them. Come along if you can!
Monday 22nd April 2024: Toppings, Bath Tickets
Tuesday 23rd April 2024: Blackwells, Oxford Tickets
Wednesday 8th May 2024: Books on the Hill, St Albans Tickets
Tuesday 14th May 2024: Brighton Festival, chair: Cariad Lloyd Tickets
I’ve been captured recently by a cozy fantasy series called “The House Witch” and have found that Kacey Musgrave’s new album Deeper Well feels perfect for the spring / winter transition and for where I am in my life right now. I’ve also rediscovered physical books at my library again and it’s been so nice to go visit for a while and pick up any book that grabs my attention!
Good morning! On the advice of Ann Patchett, I recently read “The English Understand Wool” by Helen DeWitt paired with “Our Spoons Came from Woolworths” by Barbara Comyns. Both wholly original voices. “James” by Percival Everett is the best book I’ve read this year. Brilliant in so many ways. Now reading “Say Hello to my Little Friend” by Jennie Capó Crucet. Wild! — failed Pitbull impersonator meets Lolita, the captive Miami Seaquarium orca. I’m looking forward to hiking up a hillside near my home to look for trillium in bloom. Hope your writing is going well, Katherine (and all the writers on this thread!).