ALBUMS OF OUR LIVES: BETH ORTON’S CENTRAL RESERVATION
A few years ago, a friend was attempting to explain why he was divorcing his wife. He said they had grown apart. That they argued all the time.
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Jake Cline: The Last Book I Loved, Mother Night
If he had not been such a pacifist, Kurt Vonnegut would have made a hell of a boxer. I say this knowing full well that Vonnegut was not an impressive physical specimen. His posture was miserable, his countenance was haggard and his lungs were lacquered with so much tar from smoking unfiltered Pall Malls you’d […]
...moreJake Cline: The Last Book I Loved, True Grit
When I grow up, I want to be Mattie Ross. Of course, a legion of realities stands between me and this goal, chief among them: • At 38, I am biologically and, I’d like to think, emotionally mature, which places me squarely among the realm of grown-ups.
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