Manuscripts in the Margin | Grief and the Surreal: A Reading Recommendation List @manuscriptsinthemargin | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
I took a writing workshop called Grief and the Surreal, and it inspired me to create my own list of recommended reading. So, here are my top 10 picks for books that explore themes of grief and loss through elements of the surreal and absurd.

Intro 00:00
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar 00:41
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 02:03
The World Keeps Going, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi 03:13
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt 04:05
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation by Camonghne Felix 04:52
The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia 05:45
Blackouts by Justin Torres 06:32
Inciting Joy: Essays by Rose Gay 07:39
Beautyland by Marie-Hélène Bertino 08:41
Wound by Oksana Vasyakina translated by Elina Alter 11:13

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Akbar - https://t.ly/ykIpa
Vuong - https://t.ly/Ef-CE
Choi - https://t.ly/ZHlS4
Belcourt - https://t.ly/_G0pU
Felix - https://t.ly/fYP5p
Mattia - https://t.ly/J2Gvx
Torres - https://t.ly/QLJoE
Gay - https://t.ly/bLawr
Bertino - https://t.ly/bnRF7
Vasyakina/Alter - https://t.ly/LMTvo

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