LINKS

Are we soooo back? Yes—no—maybe so—let’s not jinx anything, hm? To be totally candid I have not done much this summer that does not involve wearing a bikini or flying to New York. It’s awesome—highly recommend!!

Pleased—(or whatever; putting out a book such an ambivalent thing, iykyk)—to share that Back has received charming reviews from Publisher’s Weekly (“poetic and provocative”) and Kirkus (“sharp perspective informs an eclectic collection”).

Otherwise, no micro reviews for you, only links :)

- On a biography of Mary Kay that softens MLM’s ills, https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-mary-kay-built-an-empire-out-of-other-womens-dreams

- On boring straight couples & the Song of the Summer (for some) in 2023, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/songs-of-summer/padam-padam-separates-the-party-people-from-the-homebodies

- On Ariana Grande—but really, what we want and don’t want from public comment about public figures’ figures, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/ariana-grande-and-the-disappointment-of-diagnosis

More incoming—maybe!! In the meantime, have you preordered my book yet??

(Oh and yes, I saw Meg’s IG!! The number of people who’ve sent it to me suggests my annoying self-promotion is working!!)

K bye,

LMJ