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11 Summertime Books to Read When You're Not Feeling Very Sunny

Feeling the summer bummer malaise? No problem.

Marie Claire · Jul 4, 2025

Friday essay: Seize the day – Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway at 100

I’m at the park with my daughter, who is jumping in and out of puddles, splashing, shrieking at me (Mum! Look what I can do!), as I read frantically, taking one-handed notes on my phone (Mum! Look at this!). Part of me wishes I could enjoy with her this moment…

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025

Yr Dead by Sam Sax review – comedy and darkness in an inventive debut novel

A young queer activist looks back on how a complex life unspooled into a final, fatal act in the award-winning poet’s ambitious, unflinching tale

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024