The New Me by Halle Butler | What Is Millennial Fiction?

My thoughts on The New Me by Halle Butler, plus musings about the qualities that define recent "millennial" fiction. Note: I only included books I've read in this discussion, so if you have others that you think would qualify, please share your thoughts in the comments below! ** Books mentioned: THE NEW ME by Halle Butler SEVERANCE by Ling Ma CHEMISTRY by Weike Wang MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION by Ottessa Moshfegh PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS by Park Min-gyu CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN by Sayaka Murata ** Articles mentioned: "Halle Butler's 'The New Me' Is An Office Novel For A Precarious Age" by Jia Tolentino: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/15/halle-butler… "Let's Celebrate the Stinky Heroines of Repulsive Realist Fiction" by Hillary Kelly: www.vulture.com/2019/03/halle-butlers-the-new-me-a… "How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation" by Anne Helen Petersen: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/mil… ** Goodreads: tinyurl.com/43pks567 Twitter: tinyurl.com/2y2cytzj

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