Lauren Sarazen graduated from Chapman University with a BFA in Creative Writing, and is currently pursuing a master’s in literature at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. She has contributed articles for publications such as Broadly, LensCulture, and Paste Magazine. Originally from Palos Verdes, she currently lives in Paris.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
With Love and Squalor: On Lili Anolik’s “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.”
Lauren Sarazen praises “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.” by Lili Anolik....
Crudo, She Tweeted: Olivia Laing’s “Crudo”
With "Crudo," Olivia Laing appropriates Twitter’s trademark intonation, writing in a flippant voice, concise to the point of discarding most punctuation....
A Veneration of Secrecy: Marriage, Misogyny, and Loneliness in “The Third Hotel”
Lauren Sarazen finds Laura van den Berg’s powerful, atmospheric “The Third Hotel” a haunting descent into grief and the mysteries we can’t quite solve....
An Irresponsible Obsession: Tara Isabella Burton’s “Social Creature”
Lauren Sarazen reviews Tara Isabella Burton's Patricia Highsmith–esque novel, "Social Creature."...
Eve Babitz’s Expensive Regrets
In “Black Swans,” Eve Babitz probes the causes and consequences of why the ’60s and ’70s were so debauched....
Marianne, Under Siege
Lauren Sarazen considers “Terror in France” by Gilles Kepel....
