Molly is a 2023 memoir written by Blake Butler and published by Archway Editions. It is a work of autobiography concerning his marriage to and subsequent suicide of the poet Molly Brodak.[1]
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| Author | Blake Butler |
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| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Archway Editions |
Publication date | 2023 |
| ISBN | 9781648230370 |
Background and publication edit
Blake Butler is the author of several books, including Alice Knott (Riverhead, 2020), Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia (Harper Perennial, 2011),[2] and Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books, 2009). Prior to publication excerpts appeared in The Paris Review and Harper's.[3][4]
Reception edit
Jessica Ferri in the Los Angeles Times called it "the best book I've read this year,"[1] while in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Suzanne Van Atten wrote that it is a "dark, gorgeously crafted read".[5] The Telegraph concluded that "the triumph of his book lies in its compassion. Instead of shaming Brodak, he shows respect to her trickle-down trauma. He diagnoses her – I suspect accurately – with borderline personality disorder. He tells us every awful truth about a toxic relationship. And he does it with real, unending love."[6]
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Works cited edit
- Ferri, Jessica (20 November 2023). "Another kind of violence". Los Angeles Times.
- Brown, Helen (4 December 2023). "The tortured American poet whose death brought all her secrets out". The Telegraph.
- Van Atten, Suzanne (4 December 2023). "Blake Butler explores wife's tragic life and death in 'Molly'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- Butler (2), Blake (16 October 2023). "blake.doc". Harper's.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Butler (1), Blake (6 August 2023). "Molly". The Paris Review.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Monson, Ander (23 December 2011). "How Insomnia Feels". The New York Times.