Tupitsyn, a film critic and former assistant literary editor of Bomb, tosses her never-quite-named (but seemingly consistent) female narrator between ages, cities and especially men in this lovely, unconventional debut, but gives her an unalloyed solace in the form of cinema. – Praise for Beauty Talk and Monsters, in Publishers Weekly The experience of reading Beauty Talk & Monsters is humid, intimate, and juicy; like spying through a window at a neighbor's television set... – Michelle Tea, San Francisco Chronicle
