“But then the vampire smiled almost wistfully, and the smooth white substance of his face moved with the infinitely flexible but minimal lines of a cartoon. ‘Do you see?’ he asked softly.” Continue reading Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice
“I have not left the apartment in nearly four weeks. (The same cannot be said for my neighbors, who seem to have an active campaign for leaving their apartment every two hours.)” Continue reading Reading in the time of Quarantine
It has been, as they say, a hot minute. Several hot minutes, in fact. Continue reading Probably Not Dead
Write well. Edit better. Continue reading That McKnight’s Guide to Editing
“Our history is one big reaction, our museums are warehouses of artifacts telling us that we are more than just a teenage rebellion.” Continue reading See America First – The Authentic American
“Why do we need to believe we are blessed as a culture? Why do we need to have these stories told to us?” Continue reading See America First -America as Sacred
“The West as celebrated in literature, art, political rhetoric, and pulp fiction had come to represent the ‘true’ America.” Continue reading See America First – The Most American America
“Tourism, defined as a kind of virtuous consumption, promised to reconcile this national mythology…” Continue reading See America First – Tourism as Consumption
“I would never be able to fully repay the debt that I owed these humble people.” Continue reading Eastern Horizons – Levison Wood
“Oysters, by the way, are bisexual in ways undreamed of by career-minded actors.” Continue reading A Cook’s Tour -Anthony Bourdain
