American Housewife
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Notable NYC: 1/7–1/13
Saturday 1/7: Greenlight Bookstore celebrates the grand opening of the store’s second location in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. 632 Flatbush Avenue, 7:30 p.m., free. Camonghne Felix and José Olivarez join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 1/8: Nancy…
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American Housewife by Helen Ellis
Ian MacAllen reviews American Housewife by Helen Ellis today in Rumpus Books.
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Your Mom Is Back and Angrier than Ever
Amy Shearn writes about the resurgence of the fictional housewife: It’s possible that these fed-up working-class housewives knew something that the languid stay-at-home mothers in today’s fiction are still struggling to learn: that housework is not going to keep any…
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The Rumpus Interview with Helen Ellis
Helen Ellis talks about making a literary comeback with her new story collection American Housewife, subverting expectations, and the joys of gossip.