Mira Gonzalez
| Born | May 28, 1992 |
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| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Notable works | I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together |
| Relatives | Chuck Dukowski, stepfather |
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Mira Gonzalez (born May 28, 1992) is an American poet from Los Angeles, California.[1] Her first collection, I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together, was published by Spencer Madsen of Sorry House press on January 31, 2013.[2][3][4][5] According to one source, she writes about "drugs, sex, loneliness, laziness, recklessness, self-loathing" in an "extremely humorous and warm manner."[6] A review in Rumpus magazine described the book as about "disconnected sex, anxiety, loneliness, drugs, and depression" but with "cool, effervescent, and clear" observations.[7] In one poem, according to reviewer Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Gonzalez repeats a sequence of words for emphasis, sometimes called in poetry anaphora, to emphasize emotion.[7] According to reviewer Liza Darwin in Nylon magazine, Gonzalez is part of a "whole new crop of cool girl poets" and described her work as "clever, totally unfiltered, and peppered with twisted insight and refreshing humor."[8] Dazed & Confused magazine chose it as their poetry book of the week, averring that "Mira Gonzalez is a phenomenon of the same breed as Tao Lin: she might actually be the only literary social media presence more prolific and more intense."[9] In March 2014 it was announced that Gonzalez's collection would be a finalist for The Believer Poetry Award.[10] A review described her writing as having "brutal honesty and minimalist vocabulary and diction."[10] A review in Economy magazine described her poems as having a "studied laboriousness" which was "weirdly compelling."[11] Filmmaker and screenwriter Lena Dunham wrote in The Guardian that Gonzalez's book I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together was one of her favorite books for 2014, and that it brings "experimental poetry into the internet age with dark, distinctly female riffs on ambition, depression and love."[12] Gonzalez has been published in Vice, Hobart, and Muumuu House. Flavorwire named her one of "23 People Who Will Make You Care About Poetry in 2013".[13] In an interview, she described her writing process:
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I will spend hours on one sentence sometimes, and if I feel that sentence isn’t expressing exactly what I want it to express, I will delete the sentence entirely. I think it takes a lot of precision and tedious work.
— Mira Gonzalez, 2014[14]
Gonzalez is the daughter of visual artist Lora Norton, and the stepdaughter of Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski.[14][15] According to one report, her mother, stepfather, and her brother named Milo are members of the music group called the Chuck Dukowski Sextet.[14]
In 2015, Gonzalez released a collaborative double-book with author Tao Lin called Selected Tweets. The flipbook featured selections from three of her Twitter accounts, as well as visual art and "extras".[16]
References
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- ↑ Angela Almeida, December 20th, 2012, NYU Local, NYU Students Collaborate To Create Publishing House, Kool A.D. And Tao Lin Weigh In, Accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Clare Swanson, March 13, 2014, Columbia Journalist, Independent publisher goes against the ebook tide, Accessed July 15, 2013, "...first title, a collection of poems by Los Angeles writer Mira Gonzalez..."
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- ↑ July 2, 2014, Believer magazine, WHAT WOULD TWITTER DO? (interview with Mira Gonzalez), Accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 EMILY BLUDWORTH DE BARRIOS (reviewer), July 6th, 2013, The Rumpus magazine, I WILL NEVER BE BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE US BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER BY MIRA GONZALEZ, Accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Liza Darwin (reviewer), January 30, 2014, Nylon magazine, I will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together, Accessed July 15, 2014
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- ↑ Luke A. Fidler, January 17, 2014, Economy magazine, I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together, Mira Gonzalez, Accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ Lena Dunham, 29 November 2014, The Guardian, Writers pick the best books of 2014: part one, Retrieved December 12, 2014
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Brian Blueskye, 19 July 2013, CV Independent, Western Lit: SoCal Poet Mira Gonzalez’s Debut Collection Finds Success With Deep Simplicity, Accessed July 15, 2014
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- ↑ EMMA KOLCHIN-MILLER, Spectator Staff Writer, April 30, 2015, Columbia Spectator, ‘Selected Tweets’ a new-age narrative, Retrieved June 26, 2015
