Litteraturhuset

Litteraturhuset | Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Bookstore)

On Wednesday I was at an event hosted by the House of Literature. Joyce Carol Oates visited, and what a conversation it was. I‘ve never read anything by her, but the talk was so amazing and insightful; her views on her family, history, the writer‘s role as a witness and Marylin Monroe.

So naturally I bought two of her books afterwards and got one of them signed.

(That‘s not my hand in the picture)

sarahbarnes Oh wow, what a legend. So cool that you got to see her speak! 8mo

Ruthiella My personal results with her books have been mixed, but I do think she is a fascinating person. I don‘t think she gets quite the credit she deserves b/c there‘s an assumption that she writes so many books, the output must be mediocre. But that‘s not the case. Her writing chops are impeccable. 8mo

DivineDiana I saw her speak at a bookstore years ago and she was impressive. Thought this book was excellent.

We Were the Mulvaneys

8mo

batsy That is very cool! I should definitely read her. I know I tried a book once by her years ago and liked it but can't remember which 🙈 8mo

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AnneCecilie

Litteraturhuset | Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Bookstore)

I heard Hanya Yanagihara talk about her books at The House of Literature yesterday.

I loved hearing her talk about her books, mostly A Little Life and To Paradise. Looking at themes and similarities.

And I got my copy of A Little Life signed afterwards too.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 ❤️ 2y

TrishB Very cool 😁 2y

UwannaPublishme How cool is that! 2y

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AnneCecilie

Litteraturhuset | Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Bookstore)

I visited the House of Literature last night and heard Rachel Kushner talk about her novel “The Mars Room. The novel had just been translated into Norwegian.

After hearing her talk, some tings just made perfect sense. She grew up in the same area in San Francisco that Romy lives in. For me the descriptions of the area had a familiar feel to it, like you can‘t visit and get the same feelings

She also do volunteer work towards imprisoned people

AnneCecilie So she didn‘t do any formal research for the novel, but knew a lot of stories from her volunteering. That was how she knew about the inner life at death row. 5y

Lindy I really enjoyed

The Mars Room: A Novel

AnneCecilie @Lindy I‘m enjoying it so far, and I‘ve just finished part one. 5y

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AnneCecilie

Litteraturhuset | Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Bookstore)

Yesterday I was at The House of Literature when Claudia Rankine gave a lecture on Black Experimental Women Writers.

Silly me thought she would talk about poets which might have something to do with the Norwegian title for the event, but she talked about art. And I‘m all here for that.

She focused particularly on Manet‘s Olympia and the Black woman in the picture that are not mentioned when this picture is analyzed by scholars.

AnneCecilie So now I need to check out the book “Posing Modernity. The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today” by Denise Murrell. This book focuses on that painting and other paintings and resulted in an art exhibition. 5y

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AnneCecilie

Litteraturhuset | Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Bookstore)

Today I was at The House of Literature and heard Claudia Rankine in conversation with Athena Farrokhzad. The theme was the white gaze.

She signed my book afterwards too.

merelybookish I got to hear her speak once! It was powerful! 5y

AnneCecilie @merelybookish She has a lot of interesting things to say. I‘m so glad I‘m going back tomorrow to hear her talk about other poets. 5y

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