No One Belongs Here More than You: Miranda July Although July’s first collection of stories was published a decade ago, these odd little tales still feel as funny and fresh as when we first read them. Sheelah Kolhatkar writing for the New York Times back in 2007 identifies what makes them so compelling, funny and raw: “This volume isn’t a comfortable place to be: July specializes in awkward encounters, cringe-inducing moments that play out between co-workers, lovers or strangers on the street. A handful of these stories are sweet and revealing, although in many cases the attempt to create ‘art’ is too self-conscious, and the effort comes off as pointlessly strange…Then there are stories like ‘Something That Needs Nothing,’ about two girls who run away together. This is July at her best — funny and insightful, offering moments of utter heartbreak through deeper, more sophisticated storytelling. The exploits of the narrator and her girlfriend, Pip, who ‘saw herself as a charming street urchin, a pet for wealthy mothers,’ as they cope with a roach-infested apartment, break up and reconnect, are both tender and gripping. Even as the narrator discovers a talent for peeling off her clothes in a grimy peep-booth, one can’t help rooting for her, awkwardness and all


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Add to Calendar Europe/Paris No One Belongs Here More than You: Miranda July Although July’s first collection of stories was published a decade ago, these odd little tales still feel as funny and fresh as when we first read them. Sheelah Kolhatkar writing for the New York Times back in 2007 identifies what makes them so compelling, funny and raw: “This volume isn’t a comfortable place to be: July specializes in awkward encounters, cringe-inducing moments that play out between co-workers, lovers or strangers on the street. A handful of these stories are sweet and revealing, although in many cases the attempt to create ‘art’ is too self-conscious, and the effort comes off as pointlessly strange…Then there are stories like ‘Something That Needs Nothing,’ about two girls who run away together. This is July at her best — funny and insightful, offering moments of utter heartbreak through deeper, more sophisticated storytelling. The exploits of the narrator and her girlfriend, Pip, who ‘saw herself as a charming street urchin, a pet for wealthy mothers,’ as they cope with a roach-infested apartment, break up and reconnect, are both tender and gripping. Even as the narrator discovers a talent for peeling off her clothes in a grimy peep-booth, one can’t help rooting for her, awkwardness and all

No One Belongs Here More than You: Miranda July
Although July’s first collection of stories was published a decade ago, these odd little tales still feel as funny and fresh as when we first read them.
Sheelah Kolhatkar writing for the New York Times back in 2007 identifies what makes them so compelling, funny and raw: “This volume isn’t a comfortable place to be: July specializes in awkward encounters, cringe-inducing moments that play out between co-workers, lovers or strangers on the street. A handful of these stories are sweet and revealing, although in many cases the attempt to create ‘art’ is too self-conscious, and the effort comes off as pointlessly strange…Then there are stories like ‘Something That Needs Nothing,’ about two girls who run away together. This is July at her best — funny and insightful, offering moments of utter heartbreak through deeper, more sophisticated storytelling. The exploits of the narrator and her girlfriend, Pip, who ‘saw herself as a charming street urchin, a pet for wealthy mothers,’ as they cope with a roach-infested apartment, break up and reconnect, are both tender and gripping. Even as the narrator discovers a talent for peeling off her clothes in a grimy peep-booth, one can’t help rooting for her, awkwardness and all.”
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No One Belongs Here More than You: Miranda July
Although July’s first collection of stories was published a decade ago, these odd little tales still feel as funny and fresh as when we first read them.
Sheelah Kolhatkar writing for the New York Times back in 2007 identifies what makes them so compelling, funny and raw: “This volume isn’t a comfortable place to be: July specializes in awkward encounters, cringe-inducing moments that play out between co-workers, lovers or strangers on the street. A handful of these stories are sweet and revealing, although in many cases the attempt to create ‘art’ is too self-conscious, and the effort comes off as pointlessly strange…Then there are stories like ‘Something That Needs Nothing,’ about two girls who run away together. This is July at her best — funny and insightful, offering moments of utter heartbreak through deeper, more sophisticated storytelling. The exploits of the narrator and her girlfriend, Pip, who ‘saw herself as a charming street urchin, a pet for wealthy mothers,’ as they cope with a roach-infested apartment, break up and reconnect, are both tender and gripping. Even as the narrator discovers a talent for peeling off her clothes in a grimy peep-booth, one can’t help rooting for her, awkwardness and all.”
#libreriarecommends #libtryptich #nytimesreviews #mirandajuly #whenlolstillmeantlotsoflove

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