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    And while there are a few sources scattered in here that do meet that standard, such as the National Post and The Globe and Mail and the CBC, they're extremely outnumbered by the bad primary sourcing that's making up the majority of the footnoting here. The rule isn't that an article is allowed to be based mainly on bad sourcing so long as there's a bit of GNG-worthy stuff in the mix -- it's that the article has to be based entirely on GNG-worthy sourcing with no bad sourcing in it at all. Bearcat (talk) 16:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Fails WP:NAUTHOR - Wikipedia and the author's publishers are not acceptable or independent secondary sources. Dan arndt (talk) 01:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC)


Jowita Bydlowska (born September 26 1977 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-Canadian writer and a journalist who has published both works of fiction and nonfiction. Her writing has been described as brave and powerful,[1] and frank.[2]

Biography

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Bydlowska published her first book, a memoir, Drunk Mom, to critical acclaim[3]. She has since published three novels, and a number of short stories and essays. Her newest novel, Monster, came out in September, 2024.[4]

Memoir

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Drunk Mom published in 2013 by Doubleday Canada (HarperCollins Australia, 2013 and Penguin US, 2014) was described as pushing at boundaries,[5] horrifyingly and beautifully written,[6] and "stylistically affecting because it refused embellishment, exposing the trials and tragedies of addiction for what they truly are."[7] Lena Dunham said, "I read Drunk Mom with my jaw on the floor, which doesn't happen to me that often."[8] Because of its subject matter, Bydlowska's memoir received a lot of negative attention in the beginning, which she commented on publicly on the 10th anniversary of its publication saying, "It wasn't my memoir that was revealing something that was wrong with the world. It was the reception that was the most telling."[9]Drunk Mom has been optioned by Colombian actress and producer Marcela Mar of Ganas Producciones.[10]

Fiction

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Bydlowska's first novel, Guy, was published in 2016 by Buckrider Press (Wolsak and Wynn)[11] written in first-person from a male point-of-view was "a convincing portrait of the modern misogynist in a novel full of hilarious and disturbingly realistic detail".[12]

Bydlowska's second novel, Possessed, came out in 2012 with Rare Machines (Dundurn Press)[13] and has been described as provocatively embracing Camus and blending Gothic horror elements.[14] Possessed was nominated for the ReLit Award in 2023 and was picked as the CBC's Best Canadian fiction of 2022.[15]

Bydlowska's third novel, Monster, came out with Anvil Press in the fall of 2024.

Short Stories

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Bydlowska is a prolific short-story writer whose work has been selected to be included in two Best Canadian Stories anthologies (2017,[16] 2023[17] with Biblioasis).

Other Works

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Bydlowska's work has appeared in the anthologies She's Shameless (Tightrope Books, 2009),[18] Water (MIT Press, 2009),[19] Women in Clothes (Penguin, 2014),[20] Polished (Guernica Press, 2014).[21]

Bydlowska is also an avid essayist and has written for a variety of publications – from Hazlitt[22]to The Walrus[23] to Salon magazine.[24]

Journalism

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Bydlowska wrote a series of popular columns on mental health for the Toronto Star.[25]

Interviews

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"Putting Yourself Out There," Jowita Bydlowska: Drunk Mom with Steven Paikin for the Agenda.[26][27]

Personal life

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Bydlowska has a son, Hugo, with the writer and editor, Russell Smith. She is sober. She is a passionate advocate for mental health.[28]

References

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  1. ^ Boesveld, Sarah (April 26, 2013). ""Drunk Mom" author defends tell-all memoir that recounts her struggle with alcoholism after her son was born". National Post. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Abdou, Angie (April 13, 2013). "Drunk Mom, a memoir". Fernie Fix.
  3. ^ Laditan, Bunmi (June 13, 2014). "Motherhood". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Squires, Rochelle (September 21, 2024). "Toxic relationship detailed in searing, powerful prose". Winnipeg Free Press.
  5. ^ Hampson, Sarah (April 25, 2013). "When is telling all too much? Drunk Mom memoir pushes boundaries". The Globe and Mail.
  6. ^ McN=neely, Jen (May 6, 2013). "An alcoholic's response to "Drunk Mom" by Jowita Bydlowska". She Does the City.
  7. ^ Fowles, Stacey May (October 14, 2016). "Review: In her debut novel, Guy, Jowita Bydlowska enters the mind of a misogynist". The Globe and Mail.
  8. ^ "Barnes & Noble". barnesandnoble.com. May 4, 2024.
  9. ^ Bydlowska, Jowita (May 12, 2023). "How would my memoir, Drunk Mom, have been received in the post-#MeToo world?". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (September 9, 2024). "Argentina's Natalia Smirnoff to Direct '(Im)perfect Mom,' Inspired by Penguin Random House Bestseller (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com.
  11. ^ "Wolsak & Wynn". bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca. May 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "The must-read Toronto books of 2016". Toronto Life. December 30, 2016.
  13. ^ "Dundurn Press". dundurn.com. May 4, 2024.
  14. ^ Ah-Sen, Jean Marc (October 14, 2022). "Jowita Bydlowska provocatively embraces Camus, blends Gothic horror elements in Possessed". The Globe and Mail.
  15. ^ "The best Canadian fiction of 2022". CBC. December 6, 2022.
  16. ^ Metcalf, John (November 14, 2017). "Best Canadian Short Stories 2017". alllitup.ca.
  17. ^ Manley, Alison (December 5, 2022). "Best Canadian Stories 2023 - edited by Mark Anthony Jarman". The Miramichi Reader.
  18. ^ Griffith-Greene, Megan; Fowles, Stacey May (May 25, 2009). She's Shameless: Women write about growing up, rocking out and fighting back. ASIN 0978335198.
  19. ^ Knechtel, John (August 21, 2009). "Water Alphabet City Magazine 14". mitpress.mit.edu.
  20. ^ "For Women in Clothes It's Not What You Wear". NPR. April 9, 2014.
  21. ^ "Polish Diaspora Anthology". Polish Diaspora Anthology. October 23, 2017.
  22. ^ "Jowita Bydlowska". hazlitt.net.
  23. ^ Bydlowska, Jowita (November 1, 2017). "Am I Complicit in My Own #MeToo?". The Walrus.
  24. ^ Bydlowska, Jowita (May 4, 2024). "Salon". salon.com.
  25. ^ Bydlowska, Jowita (March 13, 2015). "Mental illness is a family illness". Toronto Star.
  26. ^ "Jowita Bydlowska: Drunk Mom". The Agenda with Steve Paikin. May 13, 2013.
  27. ^ "TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts". www.tvo.org.
  28. ^ Bydlowska, Jowita (May 14, 2015). "I am neither a victim nor a survivor of mental illness". Toronto Star.
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