The Woman’s Body as Rorschach Test

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Over at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Joy Horowitz writes about what she called “the emerging genre of Slut Lit,” fiction focused on the woman’s body as it interacts with the world, as exemplified in three new releases: The Bed Moved by Rebecca Schiff, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mono Awad, and Will You Won’t You Want Me by Nora Zelavansky.


Kyle Williams is a student at Brooklyn College, studying creative writing and literature. You can find more from him on Tumblr at kaywhyelleee.tumblr.com, but don't feel like you have to. More from this author →