This week on The Write Question, Lauren speaks with Jules Ohman about her debut novel, Body Grammar (Vintage Books). Body Grammar tells the story of Lou, a young photographer who, after a tragic hiking accident, finds herself in front of the camera, distracted by the dizzying world of international modeling. As Lou navigates high fashion with endearing naïveté and a physical awkwardness that may make readers cringe, she also stumbles into love. This is a coming-of-age story, of a queer identity a young girl becomes desperate to claim.
About Jules:
Jules Ohman received an MFA from the University of Montana and co-founded the Missoula, Montana, nonprofit Free Verse. She coordinates Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools program and lives in Portland, Oregon, with her wife.
Jules Ohman recommends:
Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons (Vintage Books)
Funeral for Flaca by Emily Prado (Future Tense Books)
Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Back Bay Books)
High Ground Coward (University of Iowa Press) and Four in Hand (BOA Editions) by Alicia Mountain
Lauren Korn recommends:
Less (Back Bay Books) and Less is Lost (Little Brown and Company) by Andrew Sean Greer
High Ground Coward (University of Iowa Press) and Four in Hand (BOA Editions) by Alicia Mountain
Aviary by Deirdre McNamer (Milkweed Editions)
Vantage by Taneum Bambrick (American Poetry Review, Copper Canyon Press)
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews (Viking Books)
Heartstopper, a Netflix series
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