“In the punt on the river in the cave, beneath the dim light of glowing worms, it was thoughts of my own death that consumed me.”
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Thornton Wilder’s Last Play Vanished Into Thin Air. Or Did It?
“Decades after ‘The Emporium’ failed to open on Broadway in 1954, one man went on a quest to find it.”
Posted inNonfiction
All the Stories Nominated for the 2022 National Magazine Awards
Consider this your reading list for the next few weeks.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
How Does the Story End?
“How other people live is pretty much all I think about. Curiosity is the rock upon which fiction is built.”
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List
Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Reading List
Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List
Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Bookstore Strikes Back
Author Ann Patchett on opening an independent bookstore in Nashville, Tenn. at a time when brick and mortar bookstores are considered dead: “I was starting to understand the role that the interviews would play in that success. In my 30s, I had paid my rent by writing for fashion magazines. I found Elle to be […]
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MIRRORINGS: The late great Lucy Grealy on her face, tragedy, beauty and identity
Thanks to Julia Arthur for two #longreads on Lucy Grealy. Below, from Grealy herself in Harper’s (1993), and here from her friend Ann Patchett in New York Magazine, 2003. lostangelesca: There was a long period of time, almost a year, during which I never looked in a mirror. It wasn’t easy, for I’d never suspected […]
