here for the good times, til the end times. writing on occasion.
New York, USA
Joined July 2010
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the leftist position is that people’s positions, even if horrific, have roots in their material reality. the liberal position as best i can tell is that 20-30% of the country has an irredeemably evil soul. i guess im going with the one you could actually do something about.
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The real life metatextual twist here is that avant-garde Marxist playwright Wallace Shawn was able to solve the financial woes of both himself and his revered short story writer wife by becoming the voice of the lovable dinosaur in the Toy Story films
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The greatest eulogy for Alice Munro has already been written
We at the Review mourn the loss of Alice Munro (1931–2024). In memory of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.
theparisreview.org/interview…
Mel 🕶 retweeted
hahhahahaha SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS are the best!!! im lovin it! im about to slap the shit outta peoples heads now!
Babe wake up, the new Pasolini novel just dropped
Coming attractions
ALT Left to right, top row 1st: Diana Athill’s Instead of a Letter (8/15), Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Theorem (10/17), Rosalind Belben’s The Limit (9/12), Athill’s Don’t Look at Me Like That (8/15), Susie Boyt’s Loved and Missed (9/19), Claude Anet’s Ariane, A Russian Girl (8/1), Elsa Morante’s Lies and Sorcery (9/26), Walter Kempowski’s An Ordinary Youth (11/14), Pasolini’s Boys Alive (10/17), and Gert Hofmann’s Our Philosopher (9/26).
Mel 🕶 retweeted
I know there were only like 3 names back then but I still think it’s so exquisite that Jane Austen named Elizabeth’s hot, perfect older sister her own name.
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This just reminded me of when I was 6 I had to interview my (novelist) father for school and these were his answers
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For years, @conniewang thought the story of her name was special. “Little did I know it was the story of a generation,” she writes. “Generation Connie.” nyti.ms/3VREJu3
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Today the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group brought force and chaos to a vigil for Jordan Neely.
This militarized unit has no place in our communities, at vigils, or at protests. It must be disbanded.
Mel 🕶 retweeted
My first piece for @NewYorker, on the royal women of Dubai who risked everything to flee the brutality of its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, while he publicly espoused gender equality. A story of mind-blowing courage and terrifying cruelty. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
Jenny Odell: "I feel like I’m always trying to do the same thing, which is: just move someone, because I think for someone to feel like they’ve been touched or moved is a way through that crust that everyone grows to just get through the day."
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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To me, Sally Rooney’s essays have always been vastly, VASTLY superior than her fiction (leave me alone I do not want to debate this) and her most recent one against landlords just further confirms this. irishtimes.com/life-style/20…
The expense and competition of dining out in New York make it more of an outlet for entertainment/sport than nourishment and socialization
