Alphabetical diaries
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Named a Recommended Read of the Year by The New Yorker and a New York Times Critics Top Book of the YearOne of The Los Angeles Times's 15 Best Books of the YearOne of The New Statesman's 20 Best Books of the YearAn Electric Literature and Literary Hub Best Nonfiction Book of the YearA thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour.Sheila Heti collected 500,000 words from a decade’s worth of journals, put the sentences in a spreadsheet, and sorted them alphabetically. She cut and cut and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.
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9780374610784
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