The Girls of Usually (Contemporary Nonfiction)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612481361 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Winner: 2015 USA Best Book Award, Gay & Lesbian Non-Fiction Honorable Mention: 2015 Rainbow Awards Finalist: Saints & Sinners Emerging Writer Award -- Lori Horvitz grew up ashamed of her Eastern European Jewish roots, confused about her sexuality, and idolizing the "shiksa in her living room," a blonde all-American girl whose photo came in a double frame and was displayed next to a family photo from a bar mitzvah. Unable to join the "happy blonde families," she becomes a "hippie chick" who travels the world in search of … something. "The Girls of Usually" chronicles each trip, each romance, each experiment in reinventing herself that draws her closer to discovering the secret door through which she can escape from deep-rooted patterns and accept her own cultural, ethnic, and sexual identity.
But as in all the very finest writing, you'll see yourself and maybe find yourself. The Girls of Usually may be like nothing you've ever read. --Lynda Schor, author of "Sexual Harassment Rules" and "The Body Parts Shop"These smart, witty, and heartbreaking essays are pure magic and Lori Horvitz is, truly, a magician of the form. Deeply intimate and wickedly funny, these are essays to be treasured. --Lee Ann Roripaugh, author of Dandarians . --Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of "Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana"When I first heard Lori Horvitz read some of her memoir essays, I laughed so hard my jeans burst open at the waist. Reading Lori Horvitz's "Girls of Usually" feels like calling up an old friend and talking late into the night
. She has been awarded writing fellowships from Yaddo, Ragdale, Cottages at Hedgebrook, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Blue Mountain Center. Lori Horvitz s writing has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including "South Dakota Review", "Southeast Review", "Hotel Amerika", and "Chattahoochee Review". A professor of literature and language at UNC Asheville, Horvitz also directs the Women, Gender and Sexuality Stu
The Big Why When you take a creative writing course in college, you’ll no doubt have a professor like Lori Horvitz, and if you display some talent and follow the professor’s guidance, you’ll write some well constructed non-fiction pieces similar to those in The Girls of Usually. Ms. Horvitz has led an interesting life of travel and bohemianism, slowly finding her footing as an adult and her sexual solace as a lesbian.There’s littl. Sharon Harrigan said Comic, lyrical magical. Here's my review, from The Nervous Breakdown--which you can also find at thenervousbreakdown.com/sharrigan/"Comic, lyrical magical" according to Sharon Harrigan. Here's my review, from The Nervous Breakdown--which you can also find at thenervousbreakdown.com/sharrigan/2015/02/review-of-the-girls-of-usually-by-lori-horvitz/:I met Lori Horvitz several years ago at an artists' residency, where she was writing this book, then tentatively called "Dating My Mother." She read the title piece, about her recent break-up with a woman whose eccentric restaurant behavior rivaled that of Lori's mother, who once re. 015/0"Comic, lyrical magical" according to Sharon Harrigan. Here's my review, from The Nervous Breakdown--which you can also find at thenervousbreakdown.com/sharrigan/2015/02/review-of-the-girls-of-usually-by-lori-horvitz/:I met Lori Horvitz several years ago at an artists' residency, where she was writing this book, then tentatively called "Dating My Mother." She read the title piece, about her recent break-up with a woman whose eccentric restaurant behavior rivaled that of Lori's mother, who once re. /review-of-the-girls-of-usually-by-lori-horvitz/:I met Lori Horvitz several years ago at an artists' residency, where she was writing this book, then tentatively called "Dating My Mother." She read the title piece, about her recent break-up with a woman whose eccentric restaurant behavior rivaled that of Lori's mother, who once re. "And the stories are just good, anecdotally" according to Natania Rosenfed. I swallowed this up in two days. The author is honest, rueful, witty and wise, above all about her own foibles. She illuminates tendencies we all have, on the one hand toward risk and adventure, on the other toward timidity and even self-disgust. Her honesty about internalized homophobia, as well as her un-self-aggrandizing portrait of herself as a joyous and imaginative young artist, create a balanced picture of someone very human. And the s