Lena Dunham

1. Lena Dunham

Famesick

‘A reminder of how brilliant she can be’ THE TIMES ‘There is so much wisdom and recognition in this book. Dunham is so intimate and candid that on subjects like love, self-worth, burnout and the pursuit of perfection, you feel she is writing only for you’ I NEWS ‘Dunham is able to write about the painful parts of life in a way that feels both intimate and universal' GUARDIAN ‘On page and on screen, few people are willing to be as human as Lena Dunham’ OBSERVER ‘In its portrayal of the ecstasy, heartbreak and sheer thrill of what it is to be young and lost, Famesick reaffirms Dunham’s status as a generational voice’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Famesick is an ideal celebrity memoir with the added bonus of being written by someone who can actually write. But it’s also a shocking and funny read, clear-eyed and contextualized, a testament to what made her so interesting in the first place and why her work has always been so compelling’ SLATE ‘An earnest, exposing book; Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygen mask’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘This memoir is an astonishing tour de force, blending Dunham’s characteristic self-revelation with her compellingly quirky voice’ IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ‘Typically exposing, brilliantly written, and so eloquently lays out what it means to have a chronic illness in a world that values ambition and productivity above all else’ VOGUE ‘The true value of Famesick is its insight into those people who really do live through their work. It is a rare analysis of the process of making art, and its neurotic effect on the nervous system when there is such a fine line between fiction and truth’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A compelling ride… she shows a courage that’s hard to look away from’ STYLIST ‘Famesick is gossipy and splashy, like all good celebrity memoirs, but contains an authenticity of emotion you won’t get from an A-Lister’s ghost-written tome. I couldn’t put it down’ ELLE UK

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Rosie Broadley is Joint Head of Curatorial and Senior Curator of 20th-Century Collections at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has contributed to publications including Francis Bacon: Human Presence (2024), Paul McCartney 1964: Eyes of the Storm (2023), BP Portrait Award 2018 (2018), Suffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise (2018) and Laura Knight Portraits (2013). Georgia Atienza is Assistant Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has contributed to publications including Francis Bacon: Human Presence (2024), Women at Work: 1900 to Now (2023), Yevonde: Life and Colour (2023), Love Stories: Art, Passion & Tragedy (2020) and Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer (2011). Lucy Bolton is Professor in Film Philosophy at Queen Mary University of London, where she specialises in film philosophy, film stardom, and feminist approaches to filmmaking and film theory. She is the author of Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (Edinburgh University Press 2019), Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women (Palgrave Macmillan 2011), co-editor of Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure (Palgrave Macmillan 2016), and winner of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Best Edited Collection award, 2017. Sean Burns is an artist, editor and writer. He is the director of the film Dorothy Towers (2022), author of Death (Tate Publishing 2023), and the co-founder of Queer Street Press, an independent publishing imprint. He writes extensively on art and culture and sits on an advisory council at Tate. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London, and Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. His work has appeared at venues internationally, including Auto Italia and the British Film Institute, London; Edinburgh Art Festival; and Goswell Road, Paris. Sarah Churchwell is Professor in American Literature and Chair of Public Humanities at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. An acclaimed writer and public intellectual, she is the author works on The Great Gatsby and Marilyn Monroe, as well as American political and cultural history. She has been a judge for many literary prizes, including the Man Booker Prize, was named one of Prospect magazine’s Top Fifty Thinkers in 2020, and longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2021. An experienced broadcaster, she is co-host with David Olusoga of the Goalhanger podcast Journey Through Time. Lena Dunham is the ultimate multi-hyphenate — an award-winning actor, writer, director, producer and philanthropist. She recently returned to television with the Netflix romcom 'Too Much', which she wrote, directed and co-created with her husband Luis Felber. Dunham also wrapped production on the Netflix feature 'Good Sex', starring Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo, and will make her Broadway creative debut with '10 Things I Hate About You: The Broadway Musical'. She previously starred in and produced 'Treasure' (2024), and wrote and directed 'Catherine Called Birdy' and 'Sharp Stick' (2022). Dunham created and starred in HBO’s 'GIRLS', earning eight Emmy nominations and two Golden Globes, and making history as the first woman to win a DGA Award for Best TV Comedy Director. An accomplished writer, Dunham contributes to The New Yorker, Vogue, and The New York Times. Her 2014 memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, was a #1 NY Times bestseller. Her most recent memoir, Famesick, was published by Random House in April 2026. Bonnie Greer OBE is an American and British playwright, broadcaster and critic. As a broadcaster, Greer has featured in a number of arts-related programmes on Channel 4 and Sky Arts and has been a regular contributor to political programmes on the BBC such as Question Time and Newsnight. Greer has served on the boards of leading cultural organisations including the Royal Opera House, the London Film School and the British Museum. She is also the former Chancellor of Kingston University. In 2010, she received an OBE for services to the arts. Griselda Pollock, feminist art historian and curator, is Professor emerita of Social & Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds (1977–2021), laureate of the 2020 Holberg Prize, and recipient of multiple awards for writing and promoting equality. Classic texts include Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology (1981) and Vision and Difference: Feminism, Femininity and the Histories of Art (1988). Recent publications include WOMAN IN ART: Helen Rosenau’s ‘Little Book’ of 1944 (Yale University Press, 2023) Killing Men & Dying Women: Imagining Difference in 1950s New York Painting (Manchester University Press, 2022), Charlotte Salomon in the Theatre of Memory (Yale University Press, 2018).

1. Lena Dunham

Famesick

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