Posts in the category “writing”
We have got to be living in a golden age of notebooks. I’m sure there is an obscure German word that defines an addiction to collecting notebooks paired with the overestimation of how much actual writing any one person can possibly accomplish. I adore my dozens and dozens of Field Notes and Moleskines and already have more than I am ever likely to fill, but holy hell these Keepbooks from Studio Neat are gorgeous.
Anna Sofia DiFalco Albanese
A biography I wrote in college about my grandmother, who would have turned 97 today
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.
Barbara Kingsolver
a thousand thousand slimy things
He had a habit of starting enormous projects that he could not then finish.
Happy Birthday, James
On James Joyce
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.
George Santayana