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Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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Women in the twenty-first century from Kent to Accra still live in a world in which the balance of power remains tipped towards men. This bold, political issue of Granta will explore this dynamic from a wide variety of literary genres and perspectives. Rachel Cusk provides a startlingly honest account of a marriage, its breakdown, and the aftermath; Caroline Moorehead gives voice to women who took part in the French Resistance--and were sent to Nazi death camps for their involvement. Urvashi Butalia writes of a male-to-female transsexual in India, who discovers all the obstacles of her adopted sex; A.S. Byatt lays bare the sexism of 1960s academia. The issue features new fiction from Edwidge Danticat, Julie Otsuka, Louise Erdrich and Jeanette Winterson. In 'Night Thoughts', Helen Simpson hilariously sends up all the sacred pieties of the male provider. The Sex Lives of African Girls, introduces an astonishing new voice, Taiye Selasi, who spins a haunting story about the way adult sexuality can be imposed upon the young. With award-winning reportage, memoir and fiction, over the years Granta has illuminated the most complex issues of modern life through the refractory light of literature. The F Word will continue this tradition by addressing a theme many readers know has never lost its urgency.
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Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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Here‘s my August Reading Report from #Bookly.
My favorite book of the month was The Caretakers, and my least favorite was Gerald‘s Game.

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Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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Day 3 of the #20in4 #Readathon went well. I got a lot of reading done today and am now at 155/204 pages toward my goal.
My favorites so far are a short story by Louise Erdrich, also an excerpt from A Train in Winter, a book about the women of the French Resistance sent to Birkenau during WWII, and a photo essay, Un-Possible Retour by Clarisse d‘Arcimoles.
I hope you‘re having fun too @Andrew65 !

Andrew65 Brilliant! 👏👏👏 And yes having a great readathon - but not quite the one I planned 😂 (edited) 2y
PaperbackPirate Thank you! I guess as long as it was great then that‘s ok! 📚 2y
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Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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The sun has set on day 1 of the #20in4 #readathon.
I read 34/204 pages toward my goal. I need to pick up the pace to get there, but now that the weekend is here I should have more reading time.

My photo is from my outdoor reading session this evening.

📖 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Every little helps. The weekend will definitely help. 2y
truthinfiction Serene photo. 🌸 2y
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PaperbackPirate
Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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📖 It‘s almost time for our next #20in4 #Readathon!

📚 My goal is to read 204 pages, which would
finish the tagged journal, and
start me on another book, either Gerald‘s Game by Stephen King or The Change by Kirsten Miller.

📝 Busy week ahead getting ready to go back to school, so thanks for the push @Andrew65 !

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PaperbackPirate
Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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It‘s time for my #JubilantJuly Readathon wrap-up!

My goals:
✅ finish The Ten Thousand Doors of January - 250 pages left
✅ read Less - 261 pages
❌ start Granta 115: The F Word (Feminism), 5 stories and 2 poems - 89 pages
🟰 511/600 pages

🌏 I had fun, and read 2 great books!
Thank you for hosting us again @Andrew65 !

Andrew65 That‘s great, well done 👏👏👏🥳🍾🥂😍 2y
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Andrew65 ! That was fun! 2y
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Granta 115: The F Word | John Freeman
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Today's book haul! Looking forward to all these anthologies.