Tag: Jennifer Egan

Black Box

Black Box 1. People rarely look the way you expect them to, even when you’ve seen pictures. The first thirty seconds in a person’s presence are the most important. If you’re having trouble perceiving and projecting, focus on projecting. Necessary ingredients for a successful projection: giggles; bare legs; shyness. The goal is to be both…

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The Ghost in the Renovation

The Ghost in the Renovation This was San Francisco in the seventies, where another kind of haunting was also taking place. The 1960’s had come and gone while I was a little girl, and now there were just the dregs to remember them by: addled hippies in rainbow-knit caps playing bongos in Golden Gate park,…

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