This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Posts Tagged: Jen Doll
Notable NYC: 9/15–9/21
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreWord of the Day: Agastopia
(n.); admiration of a particular part of the body ALS constitutes progressive imprisonment without parole. First you lose the use of a digit or two; then a limb; then and almost inevitably, all four. —Tony Judt, Night The human body is beautiful; this has been an accepted truth throughout the ages and can be observed […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Jen Doll
Memoirist and Atlantic Wire blogger Jen Doll talks about weddings, open-bar hijinks, and what does and doesn’t work for her commitment-wise.
...moreWinning Typos
At The Atlantic Wire, Jen Doll chronicles the most embarrassing typos and copy-editing errors of the year. Misspellings have really run the gamut in 2012, including but not limited to, but vs. butt, public vs. pubic, and confusing “socialite” with “socialist”.
...moreToday In Loss of Innocence
I saw Hanson twice in the ’90s and each time it epitomized joyful innocence. Which led me to wonder how only six years later, here I was, nodding out with a needle in my purse as the band covered “Optimistic” by Radiohead, which was a band I listened to way more than Hanson at that […]
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