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TONIGHT | I have been remiss in sharing this, as I have with updating this site in general. (What else is new? You all know I’m much better about updating IG. So just go follow me there are ...
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? ...