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What We're Reading, Vol. 14

As mid-November creeps up on us all, Attic writers Lauren Olmeda, Milena Le Fouillé, and Olivia Gündüz-Willemin share what it is that they’re reading this month, from old classics to contemporary non-fiction.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthNovember 15, 2019literature, lit, books to read, What We're Reading, Milena Le Fouillé, Lauren Olmeda, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, The Brontës, Anne Brontë, Roland Barthes, Emily Dickinson, Girl Woman Other, Bernardine Evaristo, November, November 2019Comment

How To Dress Like A Witch

In this edition of How To Dress Like Your Novel, we turn away from any specific novel and, instead, towards the very seeds of our collective aesthetic. Examining history, art, pop culture, and more, Raquel Reyes shows us how to dress like a witch.

Fashion, Literature, CultureRaquel ReyesOctober 31, 2019Raquel Reyes, Halloween, How to Dress, how to dress like your novel, autumn, Autumn at the Attic, how to dress like a witch, witches, fashion, autumn fashion, october fashion, fashion history, witches in history, witches in television, popular

Actually Scary Books and Films for Halloween

As Halloween nears, Culture Editor Eliza Campbell answers last year’s “Understatedly Spooky” lists with some Actually Scary content, turning to favorite books and films for the season.

Culture, LiteratureEliza CampbellOctober 26, 2019Halloween reads, Halloween films, halloween reads, halloween films, Halloween movies, scary movies, scary films, scary reads, scary books, Eliza Campbell, HalloweenComment

The Haunted House As Feminist Horror Trope

Examining iconic works of Gothic Literature such as Wuthering Heights and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Milena Le Fouillé shares a feminist take on the trope of the haunted house.

Literature, CultureMilena Le FouilléOctober 23, 2019Autumn, Autumn at the Attic, Milena Le Fouillé, haunted house, haunted houses, feminist horror, horror, gothic novels, gothic literature, gothic art, halloween reads, Halloween, popular Comment

What We’re Reading, Vol. 13

With our continuing embrace of this beloved season and our favorite month, we gather to share our current reads, from the seasonal, to the spooky, to new releases taking the world by storm.

Campus Novels From A Different Perspective

As the academic season kicks into full gear, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin and Raquel Reyes share a list of academic novels not written by yet another straight, white man.

LiteratureOlivia Gündüz-Willemin and Raquel ReyesSeptember 30, 2019campus novels, campus novel, campus novels not by men, academia, literature, contemporary literature, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Raquel ReyesComment

The Testaments, or the Literary Merits of the Political Novel

Attic writer Milena Le Fouillé delves into the complexities of approaching the sequel to a contemporary classic and reviews Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.

LiteratureMilena Le FouilléSeptember 28, 2019Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Milena Le Fouillé, contributor posts, contributor post, lit, literature, contemporary literature, recent releases, book review, The Testaments, new Margaret Atwood novelComment

What We're Reading, Vol. 12

Midway through September, a group of Attic writers discuss what it is they’re reading this month – from campus novels to Book Prize nominees to YA adult novels.

Discussing The Cult of Donna Tartt

With the highly anticipated release of The Goldfinch film this week, our very own Eliza Campbell and Rachel Tay correspond to discuss the film, as well as the allure of Donna Tartt, her works, and their everlasting presence in our lives.

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

A Room of Want’s Own: Brief Comments on Female Desire in Three Summer Reads (and One Excellent British Tragicomedy)

Writer Rachel Tay explores the topic of female desire in three of the summer’s most popular and poignant reads – Mona Awad’s Bunny, Lara William’s Supper Club, and Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women – before turning to Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the phenomenon that was and is Fleabag.

What We're Reading, Vol. 11

As mid-August arrives, we share what it is we’re reading as summer wanes away at its monumentally stilted pac.

LiteratureThe Attic On EighthAugust 15, 2019literature, books to read, books to read in the summer, books to read summer 2019, Georgia Andrews, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Raquel Reyes, popular, G.K. Andrews Comment

Travel Through the Pages: The French Riviera

Launching a new travel series, EIC Olivia Gündüz-Willemin takes us to the South of France through books, films, and more.

Growing Up Through the Pages of Rome

Continuing our unofficial series on Italy, Tilly Nevin travels to Rome through the pages of favorite pieces of writing.

Literature, TravelTilly NevinAugust 9, 2019Rome, literature, literature about Rome, books about Rome, novels about Rome, Tilly Nevin, contributor posts, contributor post, Italy, through the pages, travel through the pagesComment

Toni Morrison

“That Toni Morrison has been called our greatest living writer is no coincidence.” On the heartbreaking news of Morrison's passing, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin describes how the Nobel Prize-winning luminary opened worlds with her words.

LiteratureOlivia Gündüz-WilleminAugust 6, 2019Toni Morrison, tribute, literature, The Bluest EyeComment