In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to obsessively read the PennySaver, the iconic clas sifieds booklet that reached everywhere and seemed to come from nowhere. [...]

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You," a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny--so Miranda July--that readers will be blown away.
Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives al[...]

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerA Guardian literary highlight for 2015A Huffington Post 'One to Watch' in 2015'Astounding' LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl'The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book t[...]

The bestselling, critically acclaimed winner of HTE 2007, Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. "Blisteringly good." (Guardian). In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives, Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writin[...]

In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged woman's obsession with Prince William or an aging factory worker who has never been in love, the result is startling, [...]

In the summer of 2009 Miranda July was struggling to write her second screenplay, "The Future," when she began to obsessively read the "PennySaver" classified ads. The iconic Los Angeles newsprint booklet served a computerless demographic--a quickly disappearing group, but one rife with stories. Who[...]

The first in-depth study of Miranda July's work provides fascinating insights into the lifestyle of the contemporary white Californian middle class. Through an analysis of July's award-winning intermedial work, the author lays open how July takes individualism and self-help as constitutive for the c[...]

Miranda July skildrar hur ett enda ögonblick kan förändra hela tillvaron. Ett barn står på trottoaren. En kvinna ligger orörlig i sin säng bredvid sin make. En annan kvinna undervisar pensionärer i simning i sitt vardagsrum. En lärare stannar upp vid svarta tavlan. Och plötsligt bryts den [...]