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Ana Leorne

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Ana Leorne is a writer, artist, musician and researcher based in Paris, France. She holds a BA in Fine Arts, an MA in Film Studies and a PhD in Visual Cultures. Formerly an associate editor at The 405 and digital media executive at MTV Portugal, her work has appeared in Bandcamp, Grammys, SFGate, SPIN, The Guardian and many others. She’s the author of This is the Strangest Life I’ve Ever Known: A Psychological Portrait of Jim Morrison (Trapart, 2023) and a Genre: A 33 1/3 Series volume on Tropicália (Bloomsbury, 2025).

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	Tropicália (Genre: A 33 1/3 Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ana rated a book really liked it Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 by Cher	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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After reading Scandalous Women, I just had to. I've only read another Jackie Collins in my life (Rock Star), but now I can definitely confirm Jacqueline Susann is the superior Jackie. This was entertaining, though! ...more
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I may be biased because I'm a big Jacqueline Susann fan, but this was very entertaining. I can't vouch for the Jackie Collins bits but all info/details about Susann are accurate, and the tone with which her parts are written is also extremely Susann. ...more
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Eu sei que é estilo, mas as vírgulas mal colocadas deram-me uma ansiedade imensa.
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Ana rated a book really liked it The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness by R.D. Laing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I had been wanting to read this for ages so I finally got around to it after getting my hands on a beautiful Penguin copy from the 1970s. Sure, many things are outdated. But it's easy to imagine how groundbreaking Laing's theory was at the time, espe ...more
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Reminded me a lot of one of my favorite books, Slaves of New York. I was only skeptic about the dystopia at the end, but given the current state of the world it's almost prophetic (except for the baby boom part and people actually being able to affor ...more
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