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I love Joni Mitchell. Two of my favourite essayists love her too. They have essays about their Joni love. And those essays made me love them more.
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"Some Notes on Attunement" by Zadie Smith appeared in the New Yorker.
"The Joni Mitchell Problem" by Meaghan Daum appears in the tagged book.
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#booksandvinyl there is an essay in here called the Joni Mitchell problem 😀 there is one essay in here I'm really not keen on but all the others vary from funny to good to brilliant. I really like this author after reading these essays, they are very personal with a lot of self deprecation involved a lot of the time. I read this at work with a badly bloodshot eye that I should have been resting so obviously a pick from me.

I‘ve learned in my recent reading life (the past few years) that I really like essay collections, be they personal or journalistic. This is a great example of the former. Daum writes about her mother‘s death, her love of dogs, her choice not to have children, and more. Her essays are by turns heartfelt, sad, thoughtful and laugh out loud funny.

#dogsofLitsy #Gunther

So I had a pretty epic #bookhaul yesterday. Received both my Book Outlet and #BOTM orders. 📚📚📚

'Is being authentic the same as being romantic?'

🎆 I haven't finished this book yet, but it's raw, emotional and real. This personal essay breaches topics about the human pysche that people usually avoid, about their darkest thoughts or ones they would be looked down on for having. It's brutally honest, and I thank this author for sharing this with us.
I would recommend this to everyone!!

I'm returning to a few library books that I'd started and set aside for one reason or another. If I'm going to read them, it needs to be soon, due dates and all that. If not I need to just return them! First essay in this is "Matricide," with the two worst topics for me - parental terminal cancer and miscarriage. Uphill from here? We'll see.

I have been going back and reading some books others have mentioned while on my podcast (aka "reading envy envy".)Next one to try is this one thanks to @SarahK

#riotgrams pink covers--i really liked a lot of this essay collection!

This whole essay is depressingly accurate. #LitsyAtoZ

"For more than twenty years now I've been making something of a specialty of writing about myself." #firstlines #essays #thirties

This is a collection of essays about loss, writing and relationships. I love the honest way in which she talks about the life's moments we should appreciate and how they're not all that special after all. I really loved her honesty about living in our comfort zone. I'm all for the comfort zone. She's smart and unafraid to feel her feelings. More importantly, she talks about life in a way that makes perfect sense.

This is a collection of essays by Daum about mother-daughter relationships, writing and growing older. Are all the 'big' moments in life that society expects us to feel a certain way really makes us feel something? If you're looking for beautiful words, kindness and lovely memories, this book is not for you. This collection is raw and honest.

Sasha: "It's a collection of essays about unspeakable things - like trying to date a lesbian when you're not gay or hating your Mom. I used to feel that way about my Mom when I was 13. Now that I don't live in her house we get along great - like friends. I think since I'm not with her all day I appreciate her more."

My #readharder book for @bookriot challenge: a collection of essays. So far so good! Also, a quilt made of highschool and college tshirts and a hammock on the first non-rainy (but not sunny either) day in four weeks

When you think reading an essay during your lunch break is a nifty idea and instead you find yourself sobbing at your desk. 😭

Reading this collection of essays while watching the Olympics is a perfect ending to my week of vacation. Will probably finish this tonight making it my third completed book during our camping vacation. Yay me!!

The book I am currently listening to at work/while I do chores around the house. Picked it up because I really enjoyed the collection Daum edited about childlessness. Kinda meh on this one but still can't stop listening so something is working...