EPISODE · May 9, 2025 · 41 MIN
Ep. 7. Amy Key, Arrangements in Blue
from Books Up Close: The Podcast · host Chris Lloyd
In this episode, we read a passage from Amy Key's Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life (2023). Buy the book from a local independent bookshop or Bookshop.org.Amy Key is a writer based in London. She is the author of Arrangements in Blue (Jonathan Cape, 2023), chosen as a Book of the Year by The Sunday Times, Independent, Irish Times and Granta and shortlisted by Foyles for their Non Fiction Book of the Year 2023. She is also the author of two collections of poetry, Luxe (Salt, 2013) and Isn’t Forever (Bloodaxe, 2018). Her essays have appeared in the collections At The Pond (2019) and By the River (2024) published by Daunt, as well as Granta, Vogue, The Observer, The Poetry Review, Independent and elsewhere. She writes the substack So Glad I’m Me.Episode links:Amy Key, ‘A Bleed of Blue’; Roddy Lumsden; Joni Mitchell, Blue; The Crystals, ‘Please Hurt Me’; Kathryn Scanlon, Kick the Latch; Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume; Shon Faye, Love in Exile; Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story; Melissa Febos, Body Work and The Dry Season.Find the transcript and more about the show on Substack. Follow the show on Instagram.Please leave feedback here.Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd.
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In this episode, we read a passage from Amy Key's Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life (2023). Buy the book from a local independent bookshop or Bookshop.org [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/arrangements-in-blue-notes-on-love-and-making-a-life-amy-key/7523117?ean=9781529919967]. Amy Key is a writer based in London. She is the author of Arrangements in Blue (Jonathan Cape, 2023), chosen as a Book of the Year by The Sunday Times, Independent, Irish Times and Granta and shortlisted by Foyles for their Non Fiction Book of the Year 2023. She is also the author of two collections of poetry, Luxe (Salt, 2013) and Isn't Forever (Bloodaxe, 2018). Her essays have appeared in the collections At The Pond (2019) and By the River (2024) published by Daunt, as well as Granta, Vogue, The Observer, The Poetry Review, Independent and elsewhere. She writes the substack So Glad I'm Me. Episode links: Amy Key, 'A Bleed of Blue' [https://granta.com/a-bleed-of-blue/]; Roddy Lumsden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Lumsden]; Joni Mitchell, Blue [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_(Joni_Mitchell_album)]; The Crystals, 'Please Hurt Me' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX2akFl1hbA]; Kathryn Scanlon, Kick the Latch [https://dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/kick-the-latch/]; Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume [https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571383375-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i/?srsltid=AfmBOorlslKGBBcbPFjMPTKQ8OYKDeVlim6v7KVbA0uOscpr9rtpo88O]; Shon Faye, Love in Exile [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453476/love-in-exile-by-faye-shon/9781802061208]; Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374528584/thesituationandthestory/]; Melissa Febos, Body Work [https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165848/] https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165848/and The Dry Season [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725681/the-dry-season-by-melissa-febos/]. Find the transcript and more about the show on Substack [https://booksupclose.substack.com/p/amy-key-arrangements-in-blue?r=6s1le]. Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/booksupclose]. Please leave feedback here [https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ur7mk6rEMUevXdc1sJfq2-MtVOsMawJDpBA3aJ944dVUMkI4OTA3N0dBMUE2SDVJWlpaOE8zNlo4NC4u]. Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd [https://www.instagram.com/chrisllloyd9/].
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