MAY 2022 FINDS
may 2022 finds is a little late, but here. BOOKS 1. i managed to finish re-reading strangeland by tracey emin. it’s an unapologetic biographical story. it’s a version of femininity, of diversity, of otherness and i recommend it. MAGAZINES 2. i read both may and june british vogue issues. i also renewed my subscription. 3....
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!...
