November 2010
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It was a small turn, yes, but the fact that Leslie... →
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The Weirdest Things Will Remind You of It
My mother was literally incapable of letting go. She kept souvenirs and remnants of the past packed in shoeboxes and closets and held on to every pain and injustice ever done to her more tightly than others did to money or valuables. She persisted from day to day in the belief that change was superficial and there was always something beyond or behind her current struggle of circumstances, and,...
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“‘We are our narratives’ has become a popular slogan....”
– On the neuropsychology of narrative and our new digital selves.
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Outside the Tower
One of my favorite fairy tales has always been Rapunzel. It’s truly a disturbing story, rich with metaphor of the pain and danger of being female.
At its beginning, a woman (unmarried and clever and therefore a witch) is so wickedly jealous of a neighbor woman’s pregnancy that she forces a bargain of her rare, desired lettuce for the other woman’s unborn child. The soon-to-be-mother, in the...
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“That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts...”
– Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio.
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“I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a...”
– Patti Smith
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Modern Times
No longer can you just toss a beribboned packet of love letters into the fire and neatly, simply burn away the evidence such a love ever existed. Now it’s a hunter’s job to track down the text messages, the emails, the Twitter connections, the Facebook notices, the Tumblr relationships and every other digital breadcrumb, and dispatch them all so you never stumble on the path backward....
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“Regrettably, this episode of the show featured Columbus, Ohio, the state...”
– Michael Ruhlman follows-up on his comments about Columbus, Ohio food in an Anthony Bourdain No Reservations episode with a guided 24-hr foodie tour of the city.
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“Glaser, designer of the iconic ‘I Love New York’ design, had an...”
– I raise a kid AND work at a career. On my own. I’m ten times tougher and a more well-rounded person than you’ll ever be. I’ll take that over “rock star” status any day. Eat it.
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“[F]ailure instructs the writer. Every novel, in the moments before we begin to...”
– Michael Chabon
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“He’s been critiqued for his use of the phrase ‘little girl,’...”
– Why feminists love Bruce Springsteen.
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On charity
Kindness of a stranger still resonates.
Taken together, the letters from families struggling through the Great Depression create a larger story of a city and a nation struggling to accept a new notion: that without help they might not survive, no matter how hard they worked. “In many cases these were individuals with their backs against the wall, watching their children go hungry every...
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than...”
– Anaïs Nin
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WatchAirplane junkyard.
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WatchWhy designers should learn programming.
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