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Chasing Time and The Last Summer of Ada Bloom

Chronicling a lonely, overwhelming summer, Martine Murray’s debut The Last Summer of Ada Bloom tells the story of a family on the edge of loss. Creative Director Raquel Reyes shares her review.

LiteratureRaquel ReyesApril 23, 2020Raquel Reyes, book reviews, The Last Summer of Ada Bloom, Martine Murray, Spring Reading, spring reads, viral debuts, Tin House Books, popular

What We're Reading, Vol. 20

As we remain in confinement, The Attic on Eighth writers discuss what it is they’ve been reading this month, from clever new novels referencing old classics to thrillers and much more.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthApril 20, 2020What We're Reading, books, literature, what to read, Rachel Tay, Sam Cohen, Camilla Danaher, Vesna Curlic, M.A. McCuenComment

What We're Reading, Vol. 19

Coming to you from the middle of a global shutdown, The Attic on Eighth writers share what it is that they’ve been reading in April 2020.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthApril 15, 2020What We're Reading, Zoë G. Burnett, Sarai Seekamp, Jessica Armstrong, Corinne Elicone, Amy Richardson, Milena Le FouilléComment

Girlhood and Gifts: What Books Taught Me about Female Friendships

Considering a selection of novels including My Brilliant Friend, We Are Okay, and Who Will Run the Frog Hospital, Tilly Nevin looks at female friendships in contemporary literature and the lessons that they teach.

LiteratureTilly NevinApril 11, 2020Tilly Nevin, literature, books about female friendship, female characters, female friendship, girlhood, Iranian literatureComment

A Springtime Reading List

Writer C.K. Dawson shares a springtime reading list of favorite classics, just as we find ourselves craving the feelings of the season and the comfort of a good book.

LiteratureC.K. DawsonMarch 23, 2020literature, spring 2020, Spring Reading, springtimeattheattic, springtime, C.K. Dawson, comforting things Comment

What We're Reading, Vol. 18

With the world in a shaky place, we reach for solidarity and comfort, and gather (virtually, of course) to share some of our current reads.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthMarch 15, 2020What We're Reading, what to read, Spring Reading, Kara Thompson, Mary Hitchman, M.A. McCuen, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Sam Cohen, popularComment

Emma. Reviewed.

“Perfect, with not a tightly wound pin curl out of place.” In her latest, Attic Editor & Film Columnist Zoë G. Burnett takes on Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.

Culture, LiteratureZoë G. BurnettMarch 10, 2020Emma, Emma., Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Emma, Autumn de Wilde, Eleanor Catton, Anna Taylor-Joy, film, film reviews, movie, period dramas, Zoë G. Burnett, Emma. Review, popularComment

Some Thoughts on International Women’s Day

This International Women's Day, Creative Director discusses her discomfort with the matters of the day, and shares a selection of her reading list on the topic.

Politics, LiteratureRaquel ReyesMarch 8, 2020Raquel Reyes, International Womxn's Day, International Women's Day, IWD 2020, intersectional feminism, feminism, Bad Feminist, Spring Reading, Feminist Literature

So You Want to Read Jane Austen?

With Jane Austen Mania hitting once again with the release of Emma, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin guides us through Austen’s body of work and tells you what to read based on your interests.

Literature, CultureOlivia Gündüz-WilleminFebruary 29, 2020Jane Austen, Emma 2020, Emma, period dramas, classic literature, where to start with Jane Austen, Austen, Janeites, Janeite, comforting thingsComment

What We're Reading, Vol. 17

In this monthly piece, Attic writers and editors get together to share what it is they’re reading this February.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthFebruary 19, 2020literature, lit, What We're Reading, books, booklr, bookstagram, YA lit, M.A. McCuen, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Zoë G. Burnett, Sam Cohen, Caitlin Carroll, Rachel Tay, bookshops, Galignani, book laddersComment

In Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season, a Dead Witch Speaks

“For, in Hurricane Season, one is never drawn out of a twister and into a fairytale. Rather, in its terrific torrent of trauma, deceit, desire and greed, only the cruel lashes of failure and poverty remain.” Writer Rachel Tay reviews Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season.

Wandering or Lost? Lauren Elkin's Flâneuse

In her latest for the Attic, Madeline Baker reviews Lauren Elkin’s Flâneuse and considers how the author translates the privileged position of the flâneur – traditionally a well-dressed man of no profession who would wander and wonder around a city, taking things in and contemplating them – to cultural female icons.

Cute, Cozy, Readable Rom-Coms

Adding to the small joys of February, Attic writer M.A. McCuen shares a handful of romantic comedies that are perfect to read (yes, read!!) at the peak of winter.

Literature, HolidayM. A. McCuenFebruary 6, 2020YA Fiction, YA, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Reads for Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, books to read in February, winter reads, winter reading lists, winter at the attic, February, M.A. McCuen, popular, comforting thingsComment

Four Nordic Recommendations To Indulge Your Winter Blues

Observing her own Swedish heritage, contributor Corinne Elicona discusses how she came to see winter as a time of personal growth and shares the Nordic media that led her to embrace the solitude of cold weather.

Culture, LiteratureCorinne EliconaFebruary 4, 2020winter at the attic, Nordic literature, Nordic media, Corinne Elicone, travel inspired reads, Nordic reads

Little Nightingales: Female Filmmaking in 2020

Writer Zoë G. Burnett takes on the state of female filmmaking in 2020 while examining Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, its shortcomings, and the directorial power of Jennifer Kent.

Culture, LiteratureZoë G. BurnettJanuary 16, 2020Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Zoë G. Burnett, The Nightingale, The Babadook, Jennifer Kent, film, filmmaking Comment