Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Grace Macaulay, then: seventeen, small and plump, with skin that went brown by the end of May. Her hair was black and oily, and had the hot consoling scent of an animal in summer. She disliked books, and was by nature a thief if she found a thing to be beautiful, but not hers. She didn’t know she couldn’t sing. She was inclined to be cross.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
She chose me from among all the other children pried loose from their mothers and fathers.
Margaret Atwood • The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
irruption
Sally Rooney • Intermezzo: A Novel
subtle stylist and a self-willed Everyman
Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
implacable,
Rumaan Alam • Leave the World Behind
and Lee K. Abbott’s “Living Alone in Iota” to showcase voice.