January 1, 2020
January 01, 2020
New year, new decade. Yeah! It looks like my first book of 2020 will be one I started in 2019: Rachel Cusk's Coventry. It's rawther bracing. In a review for the Toronto Star, Nathan Whitlock writes, "The twin literary prerogatives of truth and discomfort are the threads that unite the 17 essays collected here. Whether she is writing about her ongoing estrangement from her parents in the title essay, or analyzing cultural misconceptions about creative writing classes in 'How to Get There,' Cusk is constantly scratching away at default thinking, uninformed bigotry, and received wisdom in order to find whatever authenticity may lie beneath."
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