A review by miffy4real
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing

4.0

In a minute of synchronicity, I read an essay about the garden and Derek Jarman just before I started reading Olivia Laing's Funny Weather, and to read about her 'overspill of tenderness' towards him was so lovely. Theres a little anecdote in the beginning about how we read now -- looking for the poison rather than the nourishment, reading to confirm our values and suspicions rather than to rest in a different space -- a special thought for a book of criticism, in a time where that is so loaded. I enjoyed it. Also, great cover design?