Lauren Elkin

A landmark feminist intervention—a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies, and art—and how we think about them. Destined to become a new classic - Chris Kraus A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies, and art—and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as...

The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'The Susan Sontag of her generation' – Deborah Levy The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apart. In 2019, Anna, a psychoanalyst, is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, takes a job in London so...

A landmark feminist intervention—a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies, and art—and how we think about them. 'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies—what is their language, what are the materials...

The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse. Scaffolding is like a perfect French movie of a novel...elegant, original and often very funny — Kevin Barry, New Statesman Books of the Year Two couples inhabit the same apartment in Paris, almost fifty years apart... 2019. When David takes a job in London, Anna is...

A joyous feminist call-to-arms and cultural history exploring female singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding; for fans of Viv Albertine, Jia Tolentino, Olivia Laing A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding For millennia, women's raised voices have been...

A 10th anniversary edition of Lauren Elkin's cultural meander through the intersections of female creativity and psychogeography. If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia—then what exactly is a flâneuse? In this gloriously provocative and celebratory book, Lauren Elkin defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and...