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Posted on January 29, 2015July 21, 2015 by Terri-Jane Dow

Founder/Editor – Severine Literary Journal

Founding editor – Severine Literary Journal

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Our veg box delivery from @knock_knock_by_smith_and_brock arrived this morning, and everything is ENORMOUS. Here’s Millie for scale (she was very interested). Thanks @smithandbrock, we’ll be very well fed for a while 🥰 S/SE Londoners, get on it. #vegetables #vegbox #localbusiness #supportsmallbusinesses #isolationrecommendations #acolorstoryprism #selondon #southlondon #catsofinstagram #tuxedocat #notspon #vegboxes #smithandbrock #stayhome #stayathome

Next on my list is Mieko Kawakami’s full length debut, Breasts and Eggs (trans. Sam Bett & David Boyd). This is an expanded version of an earlier novella, and 100 pages in, it’s pretty good. 🍳🍳 Set in Tokyo, it follows Natsu, her older sister Makiko (who has come to Tokyo to visit her sister but also to research surgeons who might be able to restore her youth by way of breast implants), and Makiko's daughter Midoriko, who refuses to speak to either her mother or her aunt. Narrated by Natsu, it's about complicated female relationships, and the relationships these women have with the world they live in -- Natsu wants a child but not a husband, Makiko has brought up her daughter alone, and teenage Midoriko is on the edge of an adulthood she's not sure she wants. 🍳🍳 Out in May from @picadorbooks - thank you for the proof! 🍳🍳 @kawakami_meiko #bookstagram #books #igreads #bookish #reading #reads #isolationreads #japaneselit #readwomen #namethetranslator #translatedfiction #picadorbooks #meikokawakami #breastsandeggs

It’s a bit of a strange birthday, but I have Fleetwood Mac and salted caramel brownies, so it’s not terrible. 🥳 Party postponed till September 😉

Woof, The Discomfort of Evening absolutely slayed me. Incredibly well written (and translated by Michele Hutchison), it’s VERY dark and VERY disturbing, and wasn’t at all what I expected. After a tragedy, ten year old Jas’ isolated family try to recover. Her parents retreat further into themselves, her older brother becomes abusive (and, really, a bit of a psychopath), and Jas and her younger sister develop a vague plan to escape. Events on their farm worsen, and Jas’ self harm and insularity ramp up even more. Parts of this were genuinely difficult to read — Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is unflinching in looking at the horrors people can inflict on others, and at the harm trauma can cause. By the end, I was completely devastated. If you’ve read it, hop into my DMs and let’s have a chat. I am heartbroken.

Bringing literature to your isolation situation - @betweentwobooks is back, and I am so excited to be part of the team! There’ll be collaborations and features coming soon, once we’ve all figured out what lit events look like in isolation, but do give BTB a follow if you don’t already. We’ve got an excellent reading list for social distancing this week, with a book recommendation coming each day. Let us know what you’re reading, too. Book chat is much better than corona chat. 💕 This gorgeous image is “Louder than Loneliness” by @angeladeane #betweentwobooks #books #bookstagram #igreads #bookish #bookworm #bookclub #art #literature #louderthanloneliness #angeladeane

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