"She had no idea what to do with love, she experienced it as invasion, as the prelude to loss and pain, she really didn't have a clue." Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It's the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. Fast-paced and frantic, Crudo unfolds in real time from the full-throttle perspective of a commitment-phobic artist who may or may not be Kathy Acker. From a Tuscan hotel for the superrich to...
Patricia Lockwood's ambitious new book aims to depict the experience of living "Extremely Online," while contrasting this ephemeral existence to that of "real life." Here we spotlight a handful of books that have taken on the themes of digital culture and its impact on life, relationships, and the very nature of humanity.