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I’d have a parasocial relationship with a hot poet too
Posted by: Lauren Waring
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the... read full post >>
I’d have a parasocial relationship with a hot poet too
Posted by: Lauren Waring
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the... read full post >>
Luiselli’s “Faces in the Crowd”: It’s The Last Book Of The Semester And I’m Sad I Don’t Get It
Posted by: Mehkai Manzano
Hi Romance Studiers, After finishing Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Faces in the Crowd’ and taking a few days to sit with it, I can officially say I got ankle broken. I don’t get it and I wanted to so bad! After watching professor Beasley’s lecture, it did comfort me with one fact, that is that Luiselli intentionally […] read full post >>
Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: Domenica Loor
I’m captivated by Valeria Luiselli’s unique approach to depicting her surroundings, time, and life. Her narrative style transcends the tangible, depicting her experiences in abstract ways where it seems they transcend the limits of reality. I took the * as symbols of travelling in past and current life. One as a mother of the boy […] read full post >>
My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: alex
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante may be my favorite of the course. The main reason being that of my Italian roots, and how similar the storytelling resembles my grandparents' stories of their childhoods in Italy. My grandparents born and raised in... read full post >>
My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: alex
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante may be my favorite of the course. The main reason being that of my Italian roots, and how similar the storytelling resembles my grandparents' stories of their childhoods in Italy. My grandparents born and raised in... read full post >>
moby has a shrimp dick
Posted by: beansfalby0
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli depicts a woman living in Mexico City with her husband and children, writing a novel about a woman living in New York City. It is not clear whether this story is the past life of the writer, or if these memories are just fictitious creations. Just like the […] read full post >>
‘We Were Girls Together’; A Review of My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: Len
Welcome to the last book review of the semester! This week I read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and I am so happy this was the last book. It is a coming-of-age book (so on brand for this class) about two girls in a poor neighbourhood in Naples. The story starts with an older […] read full post >>
Rolling My Eyes So Much I’ve Become Acquainted With My Retina: A Reflection on Luiselli’s “Faces in the Crowd”
Posted by: Bilal Bartaai
An unfortunate closer to this riveting literary journey read full post >>
So what if Shrimps have small dicks? it’s the personality that counts! 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐
Posted by: Shanelle Danimae Cuevas
Painting: A Face in the Crowd by Holly Warburton There are two types of people: those who just live and those who design their lives Pg. 12 Hello, lovely people! How are we holding up during this last stretch of the semester! This week’s novel, and final novel of the whole course, is Valeria Luisella’s […] read full post >>
