A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
Pam Mandel
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Lawn is a Lie
Am I proud of my lawn? Absolutely not. I am completely ashamed of it. I have a terminal case of lawn guilt.
Posted inFood, Quotes, Travel
Eating the Texas State Fair
“He was beginning to think the point of the revelry was to celebrate gluttony, and he wept for the world that his boy would have inherited, had he lived long enough to do so.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism
Innocence Abroad
“I’d had no idea that we had ever had to define our identities at all, because to me, white Americans were born fully formed, completely detached from any sort of complicated past.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Unlearning the Myth of American Innocence
When she was 30, Suzy Hansen left the U.S. for Istanbul — and began to realize that Americans will never understand their own country until they see it as the rest of the world does.
Posted inQuotes
Lobster Shells in the Fountain and Other Hotel Mysteries
Some travelers can mystify even the most experienced butlers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History
Billy Bragg: Skiffle Songs Are Railroad Songs
“The British kids were trying to escape the past as quickly as they could and the guitar offered them the best means to do that.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Skiffle Craze: An Interview with Billy Bragg
On the Paris Review, Alex Abramovich talks with Billy Bragg about skiffle, the history of music, and duck jokes.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Cherokee Artist Jimmie Durham: Not Cherokee
The work of artist Jimmie Durham relies heavily on Native American themes. Durham is not Native American.
Posted inMedia, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Inside the Content Machine
“…the viral is becoming more viral, and websites are mousetraps, and content the cheese,”