a few of my favourite things (2021)
Books
I can't believe this is my NINTH yearly list. My fav books of 2021:
- A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
- A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
- In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (trans. Sasha Dugdale)
- Good Indian Daughter by Ruhi Lee (AKA Sneha Lees)
- m//otherland by Asiel Adán Sánchez
- Catcalling by Lee Soho (trans. Soje)
- A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
- Pop Song by Larissa Pham
- Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles
Online writing
I love Anthea Yang's 'Tending Joy at the End of the World', Jennifer Nguyen's poems, Natalie Linh Bolderston's 'Hungry Ghosts', Donnalyn Xu's 'Transient Feelings: Autoethnographic Vignettes on Digital Intimacy and Interiority', and these interviews/conversations:
- Soo-Min Shim and Zhi
- Manisha Anjali, interviewed by Danny Silva Soberano
- Larissa Pham, interviewed by Adalena Kavanagh
- Thabani Tshuma, interviewed by Ayan
- Lauren Elkin, interviewed by Stephanie LaCava
Songs
I decided on a whim to see Wong Kar Wai's Chungking Express at ACMI and I'm glad!!! I spent an hour or so syncing Faye Wong's 夢中人 to a karaoke version. I needed to learn both the lyrics and melody.. Eventually, I found a video that combined both!
Other favourites: Griff - 'Black Hole' (it's such a bop!!!!!), Dua Lipa - 'Hallucinate' and 'Break My Heart', TRACE - 'Sucker Punch', NIKI - 'Every Summertime'.
