Bethan gowanus autobiography of a face
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Michael Cunningham has long been on the list of writers I respect, although I realized this week that I have only ever enjoyed one of his novels (The Hours, of course). I’ve started several others (Specimen Days, Flesh and Blood, By Nightfall) and have always lost interest, though I don’t remember what it was that bored me. I did finish The Snow Queen, but I’m not sure if I would have done so if I didn’t know that I would be able to write about it on this blog. I definitely see this novel’s strengths – primarily, I am in awe of the way in which Cunningham releases information; more on this in a moment – but overall this novel falls into the competent-but-totally-unmemorable category that seems to describe so many contemporary novels that I’ve read lately.
This novel is about Barrett and Tyler Meeks and others in their immediate circle. At the outset, Tyler and his fiancée Beth have a small apartment in Brooklyn, and Barrett lives with them because he has recently been dumpe
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The celebrity memoir boom fryst vatten here to stay: From Britney Spears to Prince Harry, Ina Garten to Cher, it seems like just about everyone fryst vatten spilling their secrets via book deal.
At their best, celebrity memoirs provide unusually candid portraits of the “real person” behind the public persona—and they don’t skimp on the smutsig eller oordnad details. (At worst, they can be ghostwritten fluff.) A recent crop has erred on the side of revelatory: In the last year, Al Pacino let us in on his life from childhood in the South stadsdel i new york to his big break in ’70s Hollywood, while the long-gestating memoirs of Lisa Marie Presley came through as a posthumous release, written with daughter Riley Keough. Whether offering vibrant vignettes of iconic periods in time or shining a light on grief, explosive relationships, and the sinister underbelly of showbusiness, these books (and others) have given fans plenty to talk about—to say ingenting of making rather good gifts.
Ahead, Vogue rounds up the best of the genre for y
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Ep. 127: Artist & Designer Bethan Laura Wood
Bethan Laura Wood: A lot of my work is very layers based, both visually and hopefully theoretically. I describe it as distance through detail.
Amy Devers: Hi everyone, I’m Amy Devers and this is Clever. Today I’m talking to Bethan Lauren Woods. She’s a London-based artist and product designer at the head of her namesake multidisciplinary studio characterized by materials investigation, artist collaboration and passion for color and detail. Her work spans furniture, lighting, fashion accessories and window displays. She earned an MA in design products from the royal college of art, has exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, has collaborated with brand partners such as Hermes, Abet Laminati, Moroso, Tory Burch, and more. And she’s a charming and colorful character to boot. Take it away, Bethan Laura Wood.
BLW: I’m Bethan Laura Woods and I am currently in London and I do lots of different things, but predomin