No one I know writes quite like Miranda July. That is a good thing--for Miranda July and for her readers. I mean, would she be quite the fun writer she is if 582 other people wrote exactly like her? Not likely. Fun writers are fun because they are unique, which means that even if there are 582 other writers exactly like her, we don't know about them, and so we love Miranda July.
In "The Shared Patio," we get the tale of a lonely woman who dreams of an affair with her thoroughly average narrator. Possibly this woman has HIV. Certainly, she works for a company that prints a brochure on HIV, and she tries to have positive thoughts about everything in her world, even though she's a complete social misfit. But she shares a patio. We all share patios. Even if we don't belong on them. We share them. Everything is good. Because of patios, which we share. We, the patio users. See what I mean. Read the story here at Zoetrope.
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Great read and such an interesting narrator. Love Miranda July!
Yeah, she's the bomb. So glad a friend of mine brought her to my attention a few years ago via her movie.
I love her stories! Do you know if she has another book coming out soon?
Don't know. Her Web site doesn't mention anything about that, and it doesn't look like she's been publishing much in the lit magazines, which wouldn't bode well. I'm sure she's got a lot of other art projects going to keep her occupied.
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