APRIL 2022 FINDS
april 2022 finds is here. i’m late and the list is short because i was away again. BOOKS 1. mr loverman by bernardine evaristo was first published in 2013. it was easy to read and i can see it in film form. one question: why would an anglo-nigerian female writer write the story of a...
MARCH 2022 FINDS
march 2022 finds is late. once again, i’ve had too much work. MAGAZINES 1. i made the mistake to buy vogue italia and vogue paris while i was away. apart from the donatella cover and story, not so much interesting stuff. 2. vogue paris has a good cover and story on laetitia casta. but both...
FEBRUARY 2022 FINDS
february 2022 finds is a bit late. MAGAZINES 1. the latest issue of british vogue has naomi and her daughter on the cover. naomi is 51 and vague about who birthed the child. i say it was a surrogate. 2. i bought the latest issue of vogue espana and i shouldn’t have. half the content...
JANUARY 2022 FINDS
january 2022 finds is here. it’s rather short because work galore. BOOK 1. i finished the story of things by deyan sudjic. i liked the story of cities and i liked this one, too. it’s like listening to a very smart and knowledgeable man. i recommend it. MAGAZINES 2. vogue uk january has a striking...
DECEMBER 2021 FINDS
december 2021 finds is here. it’s a short list because i have been working a lot. BOOKS 1. i’ve read next to nothing lately. but i did go through tom of finland’s the art of pleasure. it’s a collection of 20 comics. i understood why he’s so famous. so many years later, his drawings are...
NOVEMBER 2021 FINDS
november 2021 finds is here. BOOKS 1. grayson perry the portrait of the artist as a young girl endearing straighforward not manipulative in that way so much of art is i feel like i’d give him a hug if we met. MAGAZINES 2. i was not interested in the cover story of british vogue. but...
OCTOBER 2021 FINDS
october 2021 finds is late. first i had a lot of work and then went to london. BOOKS 1. i finished americanah by chimamanda ngozi adichie. it was an interesting and well-written saga about the nigerian diaspora. 2. i have been re-reading crash by j.c. ballard. i’m just as mind-blown as i was the first...
SEPTEMBER 2021 FINDS
september 2021 finds is here. BOOKS 1. i finished death in venice by thomas mann. as everybody says, the homonym short story is the best of the lot. i enjoyed the technical part of the work more than the storylines. 2. i loved the language of cities by deyan sudjic. it’s a non-fiction work that...
AUGUST 2021 FINDS
august 2021 finds is here. i apologize for being a little late! BOOKS 1. i wasn’t able to finish any of the books i’m reading. so i decided to put this guy here. better than food is his book review youtube channel. 2. i enjoyed this masterclass by bernardine evaristo. a few days after i’ve...
JULY 2021 FINDS
july 2021 finds is here! shorter and sweeter than ever since i cannot post insta links. BOOKS 1. i’ve only finished girl, woman, other by bernardine evaristo this month. it got the booker prize in 2019. it’s a black universe that reveals itself to be as interconnected as a puzzle. and i imagine it’s even...
JUNE 2021 FINDS
june 2021 finds is here! BOOKS 1. nw by zadie smith. no matter what small faults i find with her, her work is undoubtedly good and worth checking out. 2. perestrika boys by dinu gutu is a good depiction of chisinau life in the 2000s. it was a good month for comics. i read 5!...
MAY 2021 FINDS
may 2021 finds is here. the list is shorter than usual. for the many things that happened, find me on instagram. BOOKS 1. mars violet by my friend oana lohan was published mid-april in paris. i read it as soon as i was able to lay my hands on it. oana has a special writing...
