Dr Veronika Schuchter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Intersectional feminist, working on menopause, ethics & aesthetics in c21 literature | Visiting Fellow @ILCS_SAS | she/her

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis
Grace Lavery
@Notagoth this makes me immediately think of grace lavery’s please miss which made me question if i knew what a book was 😅 I’m also giving a talk on Benjamin’s Middlepause next week which I also enjoyed but have complicated feelings about. Then there’s Melissa Febos’ memoir which is 🫶
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel
@Notagoth & obvs Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength and also Kimiko Tobimatsu’s graphic memoir Kimiko Does Cancer (which I’m also talking about next week — shameless plug). I’m deep in the menopause/middle age/ageing memoirs and have more recs if of interest
Hardcover, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Ursula K. Le Guin
short description: "Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’ this talk gathers some notes/seeds on reading with care. I assemble insights and suggestions from a wide range of medical humanities work that has helped me to think about questions" 1/2
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