君子不器
Writing can be ridiculous. And yet despite the obvious problems and omissions there’s something—a kind of feeling, a structure, a tone—gesturing there. That something springs not from experience or information but from their synthesis and growth in my imagination. Each time I try to do this, I relearn the lesson that I can’t, during the…
TIL Stephen King would do so much cocaine he had to stuff cotton up his nose to stop blood from dripping on his typewriter.
Robert Coover on the Importance of Movies and the Value of Unhappy Endings More Robert Coover…
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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…
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,…
Athletic Inspiration: Vladimir Nabokov and the Aesthetic Thrill of Sport Tim Harte: “Athletic Inspiration: Vladimir Nabokov and the Aesthetic Thrill of Sports,"Nabokov Studies12.1 (2009): 147-166.