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June 25, 2007
People. Miranda July
People. Miranda July: Miranda July has a knack for finding significance in things that are seemingly trivial. One of her short stories, Roy Spivey, was recently featured in The New Yorker's summer fiction issue. It's about a tall, awkward woman who gets bumped up to first-class and has a chance meeting with a celebrity. I won't give away the whole story, but it involves Febreeze and it's hilarious.
She has recently released a book of short stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You. Here's Boldtype's review: "The commonplace can break your heart. Really. The creak of a chair, the hush of fabric, the shape of a leaf, plywood, orange juice. The simplest things in and of our every day, when considered, can too often tend toward tears. Of course, it's not those things themselves that are heartbreaking, but what they represent — the creak says he's gone; the hush tells you she was never really there; the shape was once an idea; plywood is what could have been built; and that pitcher of juice was your share of something cool and refreshing that never will be shared again."
You can read the rest of the review [Here]
Posted by james at June 25, 2007 03:23 PM