Night Rooms
Gina Nutt
* 2021 Foreword INDIES, Finalist
* 2022 IPPY MEDALISTS for Essay, bronze
"A Best Book of 2021" —NPR
"A Most Anticipated Book of 2021” —Refinery29, Thrillist, Book Riot, Lit Hub
“In a horror movie, an infected character may hide a bite or rash, an urge, an unwellness. She might withdraw or act out, or behave as if nothing is the matter, nothing has happened. Any course of action opposite saying how she feels suggests suffering privately is preferable to the anticipated betrayal of being cast out.”
Night Rooms is a poetic, intimate collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival.
Whether competing in shopping mall beauty pageants, reflecting on childhood monsters and ballet lessons, or recounting dark cultural ephemera while facing grief and authenticity in the digital age, Gina Nutt’s shifting style echoes the sub-genres that Night Rooms highlights—spirit-haunted slow burns, possession tales, slashers, and revenge films with a feminist bent.
Refracting life through the lens of horror films, Night Rooms masterfully leaps between reality and movies, past and present—because the “final girl’s” story is ultimately a survival story told another way.
The audiobook of Night Rooms is available now, and narrated by the author.
Author - Gina Nutt.
Narrator - Gina Nutt.
Published Date - Wednesday, 03 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2021 Gina Nutt ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
* 2021 Foreword INDIES, Finalist * 2022 IPPY MEDALISTS for Essay, bronze "A Best Book of 2021" —NPR "A Most Anticipated Book of 2021” —Refinery29, Thrillist, Book Riot, Lit Hub “In a horror movie, an infected character may hide a bite or rash, an urge, an unwellness. She might withdraw or act out, or behave as if nothing is the matter, nothing has happened. Any course of action opposite saying how she feels suggests suffering privately is preferable to the anticipated betrayal of being cast out.” Night Rooms is a poetic, intimate collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival. Whether competing in shopping mall beauty pageants, reflecting on childhood monsters and ballet lessons, or recounting dark cultural ephemera while facing grief and authenticity in the digital age, Gina Nutt’s shifting style echoes the sub-genres that Night Rooms highlights—spirit-haunted slow burns, possession tales, slashers, and revenge films with a feminist bent. Refracting life through the lens of horror films, Night Rooms masterfully leaps between reality and movies, past and present—because the “final girl’s” story is ultimately a survival story told another way. The audiobook of Night Rooms is available now, and narrated by the author. Author - Gina Nutt. Narrator - Gina Nutt. Published Date - Wednesday, 03 January 2024. Copyright - © 2021 Gina Nutt ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:12
Chapter 2
Duration:00:16:14
Chapter 3
Duration:00:09:44
Chapter 4
Duration:00:20:33
Chapter 5
Duration:00:22:12
Chapter 6
Duration:00:09:25
Chapter 7
Duration:00:12:14
Chapter 8
Duration:00:20:50
Chapter 9
Duration:00:28:52
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
Duration:00:16:33
Chapter 12
Duration:00:18:44
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
Duration:00:37:05
Chapter 15
Duration:00:20:59
Chapter 16
Duration:00:15:52
Chapter 17
Duration:00:18:47
Chapter 18
Duration:00:11:25
Chapter 19
Duration:00:20:52
Chapter 20
Duration:00:00:12