5 Top feminism books like Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry) by Sophie Collins

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Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

By: Sophie Collins

3.66

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In the language of fan fiction, a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a …

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1. Histoire de la violence

By: Édouard Louis

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

J’ai rencontré Reda un soir de Noël. Je rentrais chez moi après un repas avec des amis, vers quatre… read more

Similar categories in Édouard Louis's Histoire de la violence book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
"I’m sorry, monsieur, but now this is a criminal proceeding. It’s out of your hands."

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I’ve been trying to construct a memory that would let me undo the past, that would amplify it and destroy it, so that the more I remember and the more I lose myself in the images that remain, the les…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I know from experience that the isolation of those who try to forget the past is as terrible as the isolation of those for whom the past is an obsession; I’ve learned that the question is never wheth…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I was sure that if I kept acting like a trauma victim, that’s what I’d become the effects would be even worse and would last longer. Meanwhile my body knew exactly what was going on. I told Clara: th…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

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2. A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard , Wayne Koestenbaum

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented … read more

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3. McGlue

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.67

Format: None pages,

Selected for the inaugural Fence Modern Prize in Prose by Rivka Galchen. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851… read more

Similar categories in Ottessa Moshfegh's McGlue book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
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4. Crush

By: Richard Siken

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful c… read more

Similar categories in Richard Siken's Crush book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
  • contemporary
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5. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric

By: Claudia Rankine

4.10

Format: 264 pages,

In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and politic… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Rankine's Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
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6. The World's Wife

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me,… read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
  • feminism

7. Alle zeeën zijn geduldig

By: Ineke Riem

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Niet alle zeemeerminnen spoelen aan op het strand. Een enkeling komt terecht in een Hollandse woonw… read more

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  • poetry
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8. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

By: Angela Carter

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more

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  • feminism
"Her hair falls down like tears"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"ordered me a sky from a florist"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My spite was sharp as broken glass"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

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9. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

Similar categories in Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • feminism
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

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10. Paradise Rot

By: Jenny Hval

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Hval's Paradise Rot book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

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11. The Orange and Other Poems

By: Wendy Cope

4.19

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Cope's The Orange and Other Poems book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • british literature
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12. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

By: Warsan Shire

4.21

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more

Similar categories in Warsan Shire's Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • contemporary
"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

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13. Weird Fucks

By: Lynne Tillman

3.17

Format: None pages, None

Fiction. Women's Studies. Art by Amy Sillman. The long out-of-print 1978 novella by the brilliant L… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Tillman's Weird Fucks book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
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14. Lievegedicht

By: Joost Oomen

4.23

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

je vindt haar mooier dan de maan ze heeft krullen als de kringen in water als er eendenkuiken… read more

Similar categories in Joost Oomen's Lievegedicht book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
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15. Sea State: A Memoir

By: Tabitha Lasley

3.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire confli… read more

Similar categories in Tabitha Lasley's Sea State: A Memoir book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
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16. Date & Time (Button Poetry)

By: Phil Kaye

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Phil Kaye's debut collection is a stunning tribute to growing up, and all of the challenges and cel… read more

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  • poetry
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17. Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

By: Sophie Collins

3.66

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In the language of fan fiction, a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry) book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • feminism
  • british literature
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18. Fantoommerrie

By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

3.90

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Fantoommerrie is de nieuwe dichtbundel van Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, een van de grootste nieuwe tale… read more

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  • poetry
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19. El Ghorba

By: Benzokarim

3.93

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Leven zonder moeder is als vliegen zonder vleugels. Toch waagt Benzokarim (1996) zich aan deze vluc… read more

Similar categories in Benzokarim's El Ghorba book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry
Cover of Waiting for love to come fix you by Aicha Meke

20. Waiting for love to come fix you

By: Aicha Meke

5.00

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

In a world so focused on finding love, what message does it give to those who have yet to find it? … read more

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21. Fantasii

By: Ineke Riem

3.90

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Een meisje met een levendige fantasie wordt wakker in een letter en spreekt de taal van de bomen. D… read more

Similar categories in Ineke Riem's Fantasii book and Sophie Collins's Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry)

  • poetry

9 Best contemporary books like Who Is Mary Sue? (Faber Poetry) by Sophie Collins

Transform Your Habits

Histoire de la violence

Édouard Louis

3.77

Transform Your Habits

McGlue

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Crush

Richard Siken

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval

3.55

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18 Best poetry books like El Ghorba by Benzokarim

Transform Your Habits

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Transform Your Habits

My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

Emily Dickinson

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Crush

Richard Siken

3.67

Alle zeeën zijn geduldig

Ineke Riem

3.00

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