This is where we live, review
BOOKS | It’s not that I hated this book. It wasn’t badly written. It was compelling enough. (I actually raced through it less than a week, despite the demands of a life that amounts ...
Holy shit, Dietland is so good
BOOKS | Dietland is so good. So good. Amazingly good. Riveting. And Sarai Walker is a warrior genius. Damn, y’all. Where has this book been all my life? I’ve been reading a lot ...
Calypso by David Sedaris, review
BOOK REVIEW | Calypso by David Sedaris | Little Brown. At this point, blogging a review of anything by David Sedaris feels pretty presumptuous. Like, who the fuck am I to “review” ...
Look Alive Out There, review
BOOKS | New collection of essays by Sloane Crosley is good, but Look Alive Out There still irks me | Macmillan. I don’t think I’m a particularly good judge of Sloane Crosley’s ...
Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
BOOKS | Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) | David Sedaris | Little Brown. It took me a very long time to get through this book. That’s not a criticism. For a couple of weeks, ...
Scrappy little nobody review
BOOKS | Scrappy little nobody review | Anna Kendrick, Simon and Schuster, 2016. Who the fuck is Anna Kendrick? I’m pushing 40, so when I picked up this book at the thrift store, I had no ...
Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp, review
REIVEW | Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp | Picador. Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp is a novel. This may surprise you, since Crosley is famous for her essays. The Clasp is also the first thing ...
The New Bohemians book review
DESIGN TOME | The New Bohemians book review | Justina Blakeney | Abrams Books. I wanted to like The New Bohemians a lot more than I did. Look, Justina Blakeney is great. Her aesthetic is great. ...
And my destination, makes it worth the while
Considering my job (and maybe for all writers), it’s extremely bizarre to experience a week in which you are both prolific and totally unproductive at the very same time. I spent the past few ...
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine
Well, colour me surprised. Whereas most of my blog entries go relatively unnoticed (and certainly un-commented on), yesterday’s ridiculous rant caused an absolute avalanche of commentary. I’ve ...
It’s all been done
So, rumour has it my site’s a slight dud. Why? Well, besides the obvious, my hit counter is apparently passé. That’s what I hear, anyway. Poor little hit counter. Nobody loves you. Or do they? ...
Gonna make a lot of money? Gonna quit this crazy scene?
Note to self: if you write a silly and pointless blog, people may read that silly and pointless blog. Silly and pointless blog may subsequently come back to haunt you. The horror! Oh well, when ...