Miranda July

2 weeks ago | mirandajuly.substack.com | Miranda July

I’m writing this in a Mediterranean resturant called Aroma, it’s in a strip mall in Hollywood. My girlfriend has a chiropractic appointment in the same building and I’m waiting for her. I feel like I “stumbled on a real little gem” (doesn’t take much for me to feel like this) (really all I have to do is leave the house.) This sandwich is amazing. The young men next to me are talking about the house one of the men just bought with his wife.

4 weeks ago | newyorker.com | Sarah Moss |Dani Shapiro |Maggie Smith |Miranda July

As an actress, Amanda Seyfried regularly inhabits the lives of others, real and imagined. As a reader, too, Seyfried gravitates toward works in which writers take readers “deep inside of their lives, for better, or for worse.” She recently spoke with us about a few titles that raise questions about what it means to be a good daughter, wife, and mother—and that have made her feel less alone. Her comments have been edited and condensed.

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Miranda July |Heidi Reimer

The Next ChapterThe Toronto writer and columnist for The Next Chapter reviews All Fours by Miranda July, The Change by Kirsten Miller and The Mother Act by Heidi Reimer. Toronto columnist Alicia Cox Thomson joins Antonio Michael Downing on The Next ChapterCBC Books · CBC Books · Posted: Mar 21, 2025 5:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoThe Next Chapter columnist Alicia Cox Thomson recommends three novels about being a woman in midlife.

1 month ago | womensprize.com | Miranda July |Jasmine Brame

Longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, judge Amelia Warner says: ‘This is a conversation sparking book which I absolutely loved. There is so much to it that I needed to discuss, the minute I finished it I ordered copies for my friends. It feels like part manifesto, part battle cry for women making sense of a new stage of their life.’To find out more about the book we spoke to Miranda about her inspirations, writing process and favourite books.

1 month ago | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Karen Jennings |Miranda July |Elizabeth Strout

The 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist We’re thrilled to celebrate 30 years of the Women’s Prize for Fiction! Established in 1996, the Women’s Prize for Fiction is meant to “highlight and remedy the imbalance in coverage, respect and reverence given to women writers versus their male peers, creating a platform for exceptional writing by women to shine.” With previous winners like Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Zadie Smith, Barbara Kingsolver, Ruth Ozeki, Tayari Jones, A.M. Homes and...