Jump to content

Britney's ghostwriter: Sam Lansky

glorified.ho

By glorified.ho
in Britney Community

Recommended Posts

glorified.ho Proficient

glorified.ho

Posted
Posted (edited)

So, I was reading this article and they mentioned that Sam Lansky is Britney's ghostwriter:

"Author and journalist Sam Lansky was chosen to help capture Britney's side of the story. Sam is the author of the novels Broken People and The Gilded Razor and has worked for several news and media outlets, including Time magazine where he profiled other pop stars such as Adele and Madonna."

I was reading some of the reviews of his book 'Broken People' and now I'm really curious to read the whole thing!

One of the reviews:

Sam Lansky can write. In this slightly fictionalized account of his own late 20's malaise, a depressive but incredibly successful gay journalist named Sam attends a weekend wellness retreat in Portland. Formally, this novel is the type where very little plot happens, and the real focus is on character and memory. However, because this novel focuses on a character who isn't particularly sympathetic, so it's a bit of a chore to be subjected to his litany of oppressively bleak flashbacks. The writing focuses only on Sam, and his lovers, parents, and friends are constantly sidelined. To Lansky's credit as an author, he definitely portrays his supporting characters three-dimensionally, but his main character is so myopic and self-absorbed that there simply isn't space in his story to explore what anyone else is going through.

Where does this book fit into a rapidly expanding gay canon? It explores addiction in a similar way to Ocean Vuong's On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous, dives into the self-hate and shame that us gay men often feel a bit like Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You, and it has a self-deprecating sense of humor that occasionally resembles Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer winner, Less. Broken People is just as insightful as these novels in terms of its observations about gay (privileged) life, but Sam Lansky is still finding his voice as a writer. At his best, his writing reminds me a bit of the early seasons of Eastsiders, a web series about narcissistic and self-destructive LA gays that slowly blossoms into something wise and humanist as it expands the story beyond its two messed up leads. Sam Lansky is really funny, really insightful, and genuinely talented. I think that when he expands his net and starts writing about other people, instead of just himself, that he will shine! Reading his novel, my favorite scenes were between Sam and his mom, and between Sam and his best friend in the first third of the story. This book should have been called Broken Person, rather than Broken People.

By the way, Sam has his own memoir called "The Gilded Razor: A memoir". So... if you are curious to see what his writing style is like, I'd give it a try: https://www.amazon.com.br/Gilded-Razor-Memoir-Sam-Lansky/dp/1476776148

Edited by glorified.ho
  • Love 1
  • Replies 36
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Neydelinska Spearsi
Neydelinska Spearsi

Probably a very broke literary student. Lets make a minute of silence for that poor, tortured soul.  

Politik
Politik

Living every gay guys dream. To be sitting with Britney while she tells you her life story. 

nwonder
nwonder

Leave a comment!

Not so fast! Did you know you can post now and register later? If you are already a member of Exhale, sign in here and start posting!
If you are not logged in, your post will need to be manually approved by an Exhale moderator before it's visible to everyone.

Guest
Tap to reply!

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
Go To Topic Listing
×
×
  • Create New...