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This Will Be Unsurprising 14 Sep 2011 | 03:15 am
For now, but maybe permanently. I’ve been missing Peace Corps, thinking about mediocrity, trying to think big and write thoughtfully, two things which I don’t do very well on this blog. More saliently...
French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano 18 Aug 2011 | 08:03 am
The recent “discovery” that French people are, sacrebleu, actually capable of getting fat if they happen to eat tons of fast food–combined with the hangover that crippled me for 24 hours after my bril...
People are Unappealing (Even Me), by Sara Barron 18 Aug 2011 | 07:07 am
I read this right after reading Sloane Crosley’s newest book, How Did You Get This Number, and it blew Crosley so far out of the water that I’m now in Barron-camp for good. This was unexpected, becaus...
The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain 18 Aug 2011 | 01:44 am
Paula McLain, the author of The Paris Wife, is a poet with an MFA degree. I don’t like to say that this explains a lot about the way her novel is written, because what do I know? But such are my suspi...
The Philippines: Inverse Peace Corps 30 Jul 2011 | 02:09 pm
So this is what I’ve been doing for the last three weeks, traveling around the Philippines and looking at things like those tremendous rice terraces. Doesn’t that look like a backdrop, or like we’ve b...
The White Man’s Burden, by William Easterly 9 Jul 2011 | 06:32 am
I’m reading The Blue Sweater (thanks for the recommendation, Liz!) by Jacqueline Novogratz right now and am slightly stymied by the force of her ambition as a young person, and the UVA-at-its-best-and...
Last Night at Chateau Marmont, by Lauren Weisberger 9 Jul 2011 | 04:33 am
Did I ever admit that I liked The Devil Wears Prada? Because that is a fact about me that I no longer find embarrassing. There’s something about the state in which I have suddenly found myself (tellin...
This Post Doesn’t Deserve a Title 17 Jun 2011 | 11:00 am
When I don’t update this blog, I don’t check in on it because it absolutely ruins me to think of hundreds of visitors coming here every day (PS, who are you? I love you, thanks for coming, tell me wha...
Baby I Was Born This Way 1 Jun 2011 | 08:14 am
Let’s say that all famous literary characters were born in 1985. What would they be doing today? Let’s imagine. Anne Shirley (of Green Gables) is always cold. She has her own Etsy shop, where she sel...
Never Have I Ever Seen Oprah 21 May 2011 | 05:28 am
Generally, I’m willing to try anything once, stopping short at injectables, carb-free living, and anything that could result in more than five years of jail time. I’m also generally willing to read an...
