Novel: Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet is nothing if not versatile, and Dinosaurs (2022) shows her in my favorite mode: a contemporary setting, strongly integrated environmental themes, and a keen eye for gender and …
Lydia Millet is nothing if not versatile, and Dinosaurs (2022) shows her in my favorite mode: a contemporary setting, strongly integrated environmental themes, and a keen eye for gender and …
I read Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel (2020) so quickly I had to force myself to slow down to keep from running out of book at the wrong …
Lydia Millet has firmly ensconced herself in my highest echelon of favorite writers, and A Children’s Bible (2020)—despite a title that, uh, wouldn’t otherwise lure me—is another outstanding, thought-provoking read. …
Regular visitors to this site may be familiar with my fondness for the writing of Lydia Millet, a Pulitzer-nominated author of literary fiction who also frequently edges into genre territory. …
Lydia Millet’s debut novel, Omnivores (1996), came out quite some time ago, but I’m glad I’m reading it now; twenty-odd years of life in a toxic patriarchy has increased my …
Lydia Millet is so entrenched in the ranks of my favorite authors that I’m a little surprised it’s taken me so long to track down her early backlist. My Happy …
It’s tempting to say Lydia Millet’s done it again with her novel Sweet Lamb of Heaven (2016), but that wouldn’t be entirely true. She’s written a differently great book, just …
For a while now, I’ve been enjoying the way Lydia Millet mixes clever satire, environmental themes, sociopolitical commentary about American behavior, and SFnal undertones. Mermaids in Paradise (2014) capably continues all …
I wouldn’t classify Lydia Millet’s wonderful adult novels as full-bore speculative fiction, but they do edge into that territory (Oh Pure and Radiant Heart), or read like mainstream novels that …
Insightful, witty, and moving, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) by Karen Joy Fowler is a beautifully written novel about family, animals, society, and the environment. The protagonist, Rosemary …
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Lydia Millet’s Love in Infant Monkeys (2009) is an interesting project, a themed collection of ten short stories, each one featuring both an animal and a celebrity. It’s a quirky …
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Magnificence (2012) by Lydia Millet is the funny, moving, and insightful conclusion to the trilogy begun with How the Dead Dream. It’s a thought-provoking series that examines, with acid wit, American …
Man, can Lydia Millet ever write. Ghost Lights (2011) is the sequel to her brilliant novel How the Dead Dream, and continues to explore that book’s sociopolitical themes. The protagonist this …
If you had told me three years ago that I would have gotten this blog to 500 posts, I don’t think I would have believed you. But here we are, …
If you even remotely have an environmentalist bone in your body, believe me: moving to Los Angeles will fully convert you. Witnessing the clash of humanity and nature here in …
This one’s been on my to-read shelf for a few years, and while I started it a couple times over that span, it never quite got its hooks into me. …
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