“He’s been the cartographer all along, steadfastly believing I’d learn to read his directions.”
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Maximalisma
“A professor endeavors to separate treasure from trash—before her children have to do it for her.”
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Why Did the Rubber Chicken Cross the Road?
“At 38, I began to feel the creep of the millennial midlife crisis. So I decided to break the strangest world record I could find.”
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Brass Bands
“I quite like the brass band version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but I’m not sure it’s what Freddie Mercury had in mind.”
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Living in Tracy Chapman’s House
“Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.”
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Breastfeeding During a Heatwave
“How do we care for our children and the environment?”
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The Deaths—and Lives—of Two Sons
“The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.”
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Why Children’s Books?
“All children grow up: those who write for children need, therefore, to write fiction that will speak to them both now and in their future.”
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The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
“This was what made me walk 100 miles. Over and over again, Gorton found ways to make itself interesting.”
