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Lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night is a brilliant portrait of romance, rages, passionate reunions, the emptiness of fame and the devastating losses that afflict two doomed rock stars locked in a heartshaped box. Evelyn gray is a sad and lonely sixteenyearold from carnation, washington who is terrorized by her classmates at. Lynn crosbies new novel is a fantastical love story about a teenage girl who embarks on a relationship with the dead spirit of kurt cobain. This is a true story, were told at the start of where did you sleep last night, torontobased poet and critic lynn crosbie s dizzying new book. Lynn crosbie author of where did you sleep last night. Read where did you sleep last night and indulge in some underground nostalgia. Now, lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night, a novel split between 19 yearold, selfidentified walmart goth evelyn gray and her. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie was everything i knew i needed.

Lynn crosbie poetically reimagines the saga of kurt. D in english from the university of toronto, writing her thesis on the work of the american poet anne sexton. Her novel where did you sleep last night was published in 2015 from house of anansi. A highly original work of haute fan fiction, written in crosbies poetic and emotionally evocative prose, where did you sleep last night is an imaginative, surprisingly funny, and touching novel about the adamant persistence of love. Where did you sleep last night a court of coffee and books. In my orbit, as it is with a few notable canlit figures douglas glover, tony burgess, zsuzsi gartner, and certain others included, the publication of a crosbie book. Lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night is a novel that looks out from that gaze and casts it at the reader. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn.

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Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie, paperback. The book won the 20 relit award in the fiction category. Where did you sleep last night, by lynn crosbie, anansi press, 2015. I predict this book will, like kurt cobain, develop its own cult following. Where did you sleep last night lynn crosbies new novel is a fantastical love story about a teenage girl who embarks on a relationship with. Lesley leroux on where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie. In the afterword, the author describes her original. Lynn crosbies most popular book is where did you sleep last night. In my orbit, as it is with a few notable canlit figures douglas glover, tony burgess, zsuzsi gartner, and certain others included,read more. Miriam toews, author of all my puny sorrows and a complicated kindness where did you sleep last night is terrifying and beautiful. Listed as black girl or in the pines, this version appears on compilations such as where did you sleep last night lead belly legacy vol. Where did you sleep last night ebook by lynn crosbie. Where did you sleep last night is a love story about a teenage girl who embarks on a.

Evelyn gray, neglected by her alcoholic mother and terrorized by kids. Lynn crosbie was born in montreal and is a cultural critic. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie in november of 1993, six months before his death, kurt cobain performed a searing cover of lead bellys where did you sleep last night during an acoustic show for mtv in new york. Nnn our prime provocateur is back with an outrageous, drugfuelled, sexpacked ode to kurt cobain. Jul 27, 2015 the book s title, where did you sleep last night, comes from a lead belly song cobain covered during an mtv unplugged in new york taping in 1993. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie and publisher house of anansi press. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie 2016. Lynn crosbie on literary doppelgangers and the stepford curse evelyn gray is a. Lynn crosbie when evelyn gray, a lonely sixteenyear old from carnation, washington, overdoses, she wakes up in the hospital with her idol, kurt cobain, convalescing in the bed beside her, with no memory of his. Read the synopsis if you want to know what the book is about. I wanted to do a thorough, good post about this book, but it seems that i cant find the time to blog.

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Lynn crosbie has 24 books on goodreads with 2955 ratings. Evelyn gray is a sad and lonely sixteenyearold from carnation, washington who is. In the shadow of hollywood and their own demons, an unlikely couple fall into a ruinous, allconsuming love affair. Lynn crosbie on the muse of the here and now and a novel full. Heather oneill, author of the girl who was saturday night 20150305 lynn crosbie s where did you sleep last night is a brilliant portrait of romance, rages, passionate reunions, the emptiness of fame and the devastating losses that afflict two doomed rock stars locked in a heartshaped box. Where did you sleep last night lynn crosbie 9781770899315. Her book life is about losing everything, a roman a cleffictional memoir, was released in april 2012 by house of anansi. In the pines, also known as black girl and where did you sleep last night. She wrote a novel called where did you sleep last night, which tells the story of a teenage girl who has a relationship with grunge rocker kurt cobain. Crosbie s where did you sleep last night, 2016, etc.

Now, lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night, a novel split between 19yearold, selfidentified walmart goth evelyn gray and her rock star lover, who may or may not be the reincarnation of. I bought where did you sleep last night almost on launch day, something i never do. The cover of lynn crosbie s where did you sleep last night depicts a line drawing of kurt cobain wearing bugeyed sunglasses with a hunting cap obscuring his face. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Mar 18, 2017 but i also love experimental fiction, and lynn crosbie s hallucinatory take on fan fiction, a muchmaligned literary niche, is nothing short of breathtaking. Lynn crosbie on her kurt cobaininspired true story where did you sleep last night read where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie available from rakuten kobo.

A poet as well as a novelist, she has extraordinary confidence with words, spins delicate webs of heartbreaking imagery without losing the emotional core. Lynn crosbie poetically reimagines the saga of kurt, courtney. In her latest book, where did you sleep last night, toronto writer lynn crosbie creates what she calls an haute fan fiction novel about a girl named evelyn whose love for cobain is so strong. Set in an indiana you can taste, it follows three 17 year olds in a sort of love triangle the summer after graduating high schoolthere is love, loneliness, alienation, friendshipeach feeling and experience rendered wonderfully familiar and dreamy in cases lush, always precise prose. A highly original work of haute fan fiction, written in crosbie s poetic and emotionally evocative prose, where did you sleep last night is an imaginative, surprisingly funny, and touching novel about the adamant persistence of love. The book s title, where did you sleep last night, comes from a lead belly song cobain covered during an mtv unplugged in. Lynn crosbie on literary doppelgangers and the stepford. Lynn crosbie s where did you sleep last night is a novel that looks out from that gaze and casts it at the reader. Heather oneill, author of the girl who was saturday nightlynn crosbies where did you sleep last night is a brilliant portrait of romance, rages, passionate reunions, the emptiness of fame and the devastating losses that afflict two doomed rock stars locked in a heartshaped box. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie goodreads.

Lynn crosbie, where did you sleep last night, house of anansi. The book is wreathed in vivid detail that left it somewhere between an enthralling dream sequence and something painted so perfectly it seems tangibly real. Jun 20, 2016 english finalist for the 2016 trillium book award 2016 finalistes prix litteraire trillium. In the afterword, the author describes her original intention to write a kind of young adult novel in the slashfiction mode a delirious love story between a lonely teenaged girl and a beautiful boy who looks and sounds and plays guitar like the reincarnation of kurt cobain. A highly original work of haute fan fiction, written in crosbie s poetic and emotionally evocative prose, where did you sleep last night is an imaginative, surprisingly funny, and touching novel. Read where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie available from rakuten kobo. I wanted to do a thorough, good post about this book, but it seems that i. Buy where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie from amazons fiction books store. Evelyn gray is a miserable sixteenyearold girl from carnation, washington, who is in.

Lynn crosbie s says where did you sleep last night is about feeling such tremendous grief and longing, and teenaged girls falling in love with the ghost of kurt cobain kevin van paassen for. Sep, 2016 a highly original work of haute fan fiction, written in crosbie s poetic and emotionally evocative prose, where did you sleep last night is an imaginative, surprisingly funny, and touching novel about the adamant persistence of love. May 02, 2015 if you were a teenager in the 1990s, where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie is a must read london public library blog 20150501 i found myself alternately charmed and gutted lynn crosbie has produced a grunge elegy patricia dawn robertson toronto star 20150503. Apr 04, 2015 a book about kurt cobain, with nirvana song lyrics and so much hype that i saw this beautiful cover everywhere in toronto this summer. May 01, 2015 in her latest book, where did you sleep last night, toronto writer lynn crosbie creates what she calls an haute fan fiction novel about a girl named evelyn whose love for cobain is so strong.

In her latest novel, where did you sleep last night, the poet, cultural commentator and author tackles bullying, physical abuse, dead boyfriends and drug. Jul 04, 2015 tags courtney love drugs frances bean cobain grunge kurt cobain lynn crosbie nirvana read of the week rock sex where did you sleep last night ya stephanie estrada steph is 20 years old, born and. Bold, kaleidoscopic, full of absurd black humour, lynn crosbie s new novel where did you sleep last night. Lynn crosbie s where did you sleep last night is a brilliant portrait of romance, rages, passionate reunions, the emptiness of fame and the devastating losses that afflict two doomed rock stars locked in a heartshaped box. May 02, 2015 lynn crosbie has produced a grunge elegy akin to author michael turners iconic punk novel, hard core logo. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie now. Lynn crosbies new novel is a fantastical love story. In it, we find him reimagined as the love interest of evelyn gray, a teenager who, while recovering from an overdose, believes shes found the spirit of cobain in a neighboring. Lynn crosbie on literary doppelgangers and the stepford curse evelyn gray. Crosbie uses this song as a cultural jumpingoff point into the novels near 400 pages of delirious, drugfueled, and fantasy invention as she brings cobain back to life as the rock star boyfriend. However, lead belly didnt write the song, but reinterpreted it, as did other musicians.

Lynn crosbie on the muse of the here and now and a novel. Still, though its been a few months now since i finished where did you sleep last night, by lynn crosbie, i havent forgotten it and im at least going to write a few words here because its stuck with me, as lynns books and photos do. In her book, where did you sleep last night, lynn crosbie brings out that teenager in all of us through the character of evelyn gray. Lynn crosbies where did you sleep last nightby spencer. We have an official where did you sleep last night tab made by ug professional guitarists. Evelyn gray is a miserable sixteenyearold girl from carnation, washington, who is in love with kurt cobain. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie 2016, paperback. I dont even know where to start, or how to describe it. Id heard about the book from my illustrator friend lola landekic, who designed the absolutely spectacular cover, 1 which is incredibly polished, on point thematically, and successfully, refreshingly, bucks a ton of boring, outdated trends in cover design. Where did you sleep last night by lynn crosbie overdrive.

Lesley leroux on where did you sleep last night by lynn. Kurt cobain is the heart of the latest novel by lynn crosbie, where did you sleep last night house of anansi, a wild mixture of fan fiction and magical realism. Jun 17, 2016 for fans of canadian literary fiction, fanfiction, grunge, nirvana, and pop music in general, the arrival of lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night was accompanied by a considerable amount of buzz. Where did you sleep last night book, advanced d and d players handbook, does true love have supernatural power. Apr 24, 2015 lynn crosbie s says where did you sleep last night is about feeling such tremendous grief and longing, and teenaged girls falling in love with the ghost of kurt cobain kevin van paassen for. See you in the morning by mairead case i read this beautiful comingofage novel in the fall and adored it. Heather oneill, author of the girl who was saturday night 20150305 lynn crosbies where did you sleep last night is a brilliant portrait of romance, rages, passionate reunions, the emptiness. Lead belly is often said to be the author of the song, e. A phd in english literature with a background in visual studies, she teaches at the university of toronto and the art gallery of ontario. Second, you should know that crosbie is a huge fan of cobain, which makes this all the more fun.