Author: Laurie Penny
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The Shortlist for May 16, 2025
Nonfiction by Laurie Penny, Anaïs Godard, and Cindy House, and fiction by Brittany Silveira and Stephen Woods.
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‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’ By Laurie Penny
I don’t know if this counts as creative nonfiction, but I loved this read. Penny’s story is really something — it starts out as something almost lighthearted but there’s a lot of surprising turns here. We chatted about how Instagram was always trying to sell her the oddest things. “I know,” I chuckled, “Facebook thinks…