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Cinema studies with Raffi, part 2
October 21, 2020
Can you believe that the first time I wrote about undertaking Cinema Studies with my now 5 1/3 year old son, I hadn’t ever seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate...
What am I going through
October 7, 2020
On Monday night I was “in conversation with” Sigrid Nunez “at” Harvard Bookstore, but actually on Zoom, to discuss her new book What Are You Going Through....
Coffee and TV: Billions
September 23, 2020
“TV drama series all have a limited lifespan, or else become parodies of themselves - normally within three years.” This is something I read recently in a...
retail/therapy
September 17, 2020
We needed a toothbrush, bandaids, milk, cans of seltzer, hand soap, and goldfish crackers, so I went to Target. There were no carts available and a pissed-...
yoga with Adriene with Emily
September 11, 2020
“What are you working on lately?” Honestly, I am working on forcing myself to do one brief online yoga class every day. I’m working on other things too but...
Get into the groove
August 20, 2020
Since July we have been living what passes for a charmed life considering we’re still in a global pandemic, meaning primarily that both our kids have been in...
Wordpress and Tumblr, I've seen 'em all
August 10, 2020
Since July the kids have been in camp. I dicked around a lot and then got back to work. Nothing that I’ve been working on is finished yet, except one very...
I'd rather be dry
June 30, 2020
The week before we went into lockdown I had one of those vertiginous mood plummets that feel otherworldly, as though I’ve been struck down by a curse. I was...
Things that have helped
May 15, 2020
The things I most want — childcare, a larger and cleaner living space, a functioning federal and/or state government that will reopen the city in a way that...
Cinema Studies with Raffi
May 5, 2020
Today is the second day of our eighth week of sheltering in place. During this time, Raffi and I have developed a ritual of watching a movie or part of a...
Perfect Tunes
April 17, 2020
Somehow, I’m in the middle of doing publicity for Perfect Tunes. If you’re a regular reader of this newsletter, you have heard a lot about this book over the...
Five of pentacles
March 1, 2020
Two weeks ago I went to New Orleans. A lot of classic New Orleans tourist experiences — beignets, po boys, muffaletta, gumbo — are off limits to me because I...
My IUD day
January 23, 2020
This winter has been a real festival of minor bodily indignities and ailments for me and my children. As I write this I am suffering from a second bout with...
Having your cake
November 27, 2019
In the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election I was working on a short, “fun” essay for a food website about what it’s like to watch The Great...
Halloween grinch
October 30, 2019
Probably my most memorable and best Halloween costume was Courtney Love, because it was part of a couples costume — Kurt and Courtney. My then-boyfriend...
Burned thumb
October 17, 2019
On Saturday night I burned all the skin of the pad of my left thumb. It was the kind of banal kitchen mishap that happens all the time, especially when...
Pork chops with plums, two ways
October 2, 2019
The kids had two days off school for Rosh Hashanah. Monday I dropped Raffi off at “break camp” and then took Ilya home and napped during his nap instead of...
The Wax Center
August 13, 2019
Years ago Jami Attenberg and I had lunch in Williamsburg at a restaurant that no longer exists and then I pointed out the place where I get my legs waxed,...
Sorrel soup
July 30, 2019
I reread Heartburn on the train back from a weekend in NYC. I’ve probably read it 20 or 30 times and it remains nearly perfect, perfect even in its...
It's not the people doing something real
July 11, 2019
The house we rented in DC belongs to people who are less than a decade older than I am, but perhaps in part because my most recent experience with this kind...
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