Month: August 2011
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… to reading. Back in July when I was making my push-to-finish-the-novel (which turned out to be a push-to-“finish”-the-novel) I started going to a nearby coffee shop to see whether leaving the house would increase my productivity. (Answer: somewhat.) Well, just down the street from the coffee shop is the library — i.e., my crack…
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“The wind makes the leaves go swishy swishy. I hear a kid shout, maybe in another yard behind the big hedge or else he’s invisible. God’s yellow face has a cloud on top. Colder suddenly. The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it’s going to be the next…
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Whoops. I totally meant to blog today, but I was reading this instead: Room by Emma Donoghue Mildly disturbing, but also wildly interesting, imaginative, clever, and heartfelt. One of my favorite reads of the year, and possibly of all-time. Also, I can’t stop thinking about the movie I saw with my mom on Sunday: Crazy,…
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A supplement of sorts to the previous post.
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Your day starts at 6 AM with a dog retching beside your bed. The noise rouses you from dreaming, and you stumble out of the room, urging the dog to follow you to the kitchen and its tiled floor. Unfortunately, he doesn’t quite make it. Still half-asleep, you clean up the carpet and then fall…