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The Decade of Wistful Thinking.
“K, upon hearing that she had visited with us all in those final weeks, supposed her spirit was leading her to say goodbye, to give some closure. I held in my heart that suggestion, even as I knew I’d only get closure at my own death. My very act of living is a testimony of her death.”
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Some Sunday Stuff: November 7th.
A look at Kanye through kayfabe, the rocky road of repentance, the wild life of the real Rufus Buck, the capital poetry in Nova Scotia, and music from Natalie Merchant.
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Some Sunday Stuff: October 17th.
The Simpsons x Balenciaga, is Technology becoming a religion, the ugliest paintings of Baby Jesus, and how The New York Times trashed some of our most classic works of literature.
(And Adele is back!)
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Lent 2021, Day 26: Overdue, but appreciated.
Eisenhower was in office when this book was borrowed.
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Lent 2021, Day 13: We Got to Pray Just to Make it Today.
You know “Pray” was a whole bop back in the day.
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Lent 2021, Day 6: There are no superheroes.
Onward and… upward?
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Some Sunday Stuff: January 12th.
Some of the biggest music trends of the teens, some of the top wedding gowns of the past century, some of the best children’s books of the past year, and some time traveling with Alicia Keys. It’s this week’s Some Sunday Stuff.
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Little Lulu, we love you.
“Louise as the winsome French girl in Now We’re in the Air (1927).” (Photo and caption from “Lulu Forever”) I think the first time I can recall hearing the name “Louise Brooks” was…
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Lent- Day 11: Burn after reading.
William Powell (JP Laffont / Sygma / Corbis) In Harper’s there’s an interesting story about William Powell, who in 1971 at age 19, “published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs…
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Lent- Day 11: Burn after reading.
William Powell (JP Laffont / Sygma / Corbis) In Harper’s there’s an interesting story about William Powell, who in 1971 at age 19, “published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs…
