Kat Lister
@katlister.bsky.social
Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
And for anyone who hasn’t read this excerpt from Yiyun’s book Things in Nature Merely Grow, here it is:
The Deaths—and Lives—of Two Sons
The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And for anyone who hasn’t read this excerpt from Yiyun’s book Things in Nature Merely Grow, here it is:
And a wonderful photograph!
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
And a wonderful photograph!
I think you'd love it there
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I think you'd love it there
I relate to this so much! I have a few pebbles from Dungeness which I have on my desk, arranged like a miniature Jarman garden.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I relate to this so much! I have a few pebbles from Dungeness which I have on my desk, arranged like a miniature Jarman garden.
Oh absolutely, it's a fever dream
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Oh absolutely, it's a fever dream
Pauline! She's SO good in it, I just wanted to scoop her up.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Pauline! She's SO good in it, I just wanted to scoop her up.
That just made me chuckle...A LOT. Imagine the merch.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
That just made me chuckle...A LOT. Imagine the merch.
Baby Talk is definitely there on YouTube. Unfortunately the one he wrote, titled The Cause (about unionism and the Spanish Civil War) isn't – I'd love to host a screening of that at some point in the future, it's a brilliant piece.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Baby Talk is definitely there on YouTube. Unfortunately the one he wrote, titled The Cause (about unionism and the Spanish Civil War) isn't – I'd love to host a screening of that at some point in the future, it's a brilliant piece.
I spoke to him about it before he went in for his surgery, as soon as he's up to it he's in! I'll make sure of that
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I spoke to him about it before he went in for his surgery, as soon as he's up to it he's in! I'll make sure of that
Ha ha, he did, he did. And @accordingtojond.bsky.social interviewed him about this recently, so he'll much to share soon...
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ha ha, he did, he did. And @accordingtojond.bsky.social interviewed him about this recently, so he'll much to share soon...
I'd never seen it before! I found the ending very harrowing!
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I'd never seen it before! I found the ending very harrowing!
Next up on my – wait, did my dad direct that one? – watchlist is The Network (1979), the plot of which is described by a reviewer as a satire on: "a high-end London fertility clinic" which "runs a lucrative & illegal sideline selling unwanted babies to wealthy couples." So, more light watching then
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Next up on my – wait, did my dad direct that one? – watchlist is The Network (1979), the plot of which is described by a reviewer as a satire on: "a high-end London fertility clinic" which "runs a lucrative & illegal sideline selling unwanted babies to wealthy couples." So, more light watching then
Oh wow, what a gig that must have been!
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Oh wow, what a gig that must have been!
Minor Detail is an extraordinary book
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Minor Detail is an extraordinary book