Either Martin Mull or Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello once said writing about music is as pointless as dancing about architecture. Which doesn’t account for how I’ve danced to all these books.
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The State We Are In: Neither Here, There, nor in Heaven
On vaccine privilege in America and COVID-19 inequities in India.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Burrito That Brought Enlightenment
One Tucsonan writes a love letter to the 24-hour Mexican food joint that shaped his youth.
Posted inNonfiction
The Gilded Age of (Unpaid) Internet Writing
How ’90s webzines heralded the best — and worst — of today’s online media landscape.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
Remembering James Ingram
The R&B singer and songwriter made it look easy, even when it wasn’t.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
As Impossible and Imperfect as Translation
“But poetry…has helped me to find new meaning within and across linguistic boundaries.”
Posted inStory
But Who Tells Them What To Sing?
“And thus another Hollywood tradition was born: film choruses belting out perfectly nonsensical prose with utter conviction.”
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Before You Eat or Drink Anything, Ask An Expert
Now tat certified taste experts specialize in a range of foods, from hot sauce to honey, is taste becoming too codified?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Everything is Fine
A personal essay in which Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life, as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
