This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Miranda France, the TLS’s Hispanic editor, to discuss the Mexican writer Fernanda Melchor and two new works that approach brutal and brutalized lives in innovative ways; Michael Caines, also of the TLS, considers a collection of essays that sets out to complicate stereotypes of East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain; and there’s focus on film, including Nosferatu at 100, unsung heroines of the big screen, and a fresh look at Marilyn Monroe’s difficult stay in London.

‘Paradais’ by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes

‘Aquí no es Miami’ by Fernanda Melchor

‘East Side Voices: Essays celebrating East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain’, edited by Helena Lee

‘When Marilyn Met the Queen: Marilyn Monroe’s life in England’ by Michelle Morgan 

‘The Performer’s Tale: Nine lives of Patience Collier’ By Vanessa Morton

‘Forever Young: A memoir’ by Hayley Mills

‘The Great Peace: A memoir’ by Mena Suvari

‘Movie Workers: The women who made British cinema’ by Melanie Bell

Produced by Sophia Franklin

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