motherhood — The Attic on Eighth

The Choices We Make: On Sophie Mackintosh’s Blue Ticket

In her latest book review for The Attic on Eighth, Rachel Tay turns to Sophie Mackintosh’s Blue Ticket and addresses the topics of choice around motherhood, aided by the work of Jacqueline Rose in Mothers.

Literature, Book ReviewsRachel TayAugust 5, 2020Sophie Mackintosh, Blue Ticket, Rachel Tay, literature, lit, contemporary literature, Contemporary Lit, motherhoodComment

Letters to Mother: Children Writing Across the Boundaries of Language and Memory

Cultural writer Rachel Tay turns to Annie Ernaux’s I Remain in Darkness – the most recent of her works to be translated into English – and Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to consider a genre of writing about mothers that transgresses the boundaries of language and memory.

LiteratureRachel TaySeptember 10, 2019literature, Book Review, book reviews, books to read, motherhood, mothers, Roland Barthes, Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness, The Years, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, discussing On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, discussing Annie Ernaux, Rachel Tay