Category: General
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“Writers Aren’t Who They Think They Are” by David Ebenbach What the novel says, I think, is that any single event is the result of many, many things. That’s why you have the hundreds of pages leading up to the climax; those pages suggest the philosophy that you can only fully understand that climax and…
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“Recently” might be too generous of a term, in the case of Hidden Figures, which I watched several months ago. But I really enjoyed this movie and have been intending to post about it ever since. Although I no longer watch Empire, I will always be drawn to Taraji P. Henson — and of course…
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Opening credits Several months ago, I wrote a column for my dad’s newspapers about life as a new mother. Now I’m working on another one, about the part that technology played in our first year of parenting. Recently I read my friend Jasmine Warga’s second book, HERE WE ARE NOW. On the surface, it’s about…
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Ho-ho-home for the holidays My parents were here for a week to celebrate the holidays with us and IB. Everyone except the baby was sick to some degree, and the weather has been amazingly cold, but other than that, it was really nice. I love watching my parents with my child, and vice versa. Their…
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Life is a zoo I’ll probably do a separate post reflecting on how my writing has gone this year, but the short version is: Motherhood is even more demanding than I anticipated. More wonderful, as well. IB is 14 months old and changing constantly. Her growth is both miraculous and bittersweet. Sometimes I wish she…