Essays, etc.

Books That Feel Like Home

on "Anne of Green Gables"

Nov 15 •

Everyone Is Nostalgic and No One Is in Love

On not seeing the present for the past

Oct 31 •

The Garden of Edie

"Grey Gardens" at 50

Oct 4 •

American Innocence

"The Golden Bowl" and "The Age of Innocence"

Sep 26 •

on all-lowercase internet writing

Aug 23 •

We Need Editors, Not Algorithms

gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss? good.

Aug 8 •

The Light Side of the Soul

on Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers"

Aug 2 •

The Stork and the Threesome

What makes a life—and an novel—meaningful?

Jun 27 •

Don't Turn Your Back on Me, Baby

In the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and Matthew Wong, art turns its back on us—and invites us in.

Mar 30 •

In Defense of Living Vicariously

or why I want to know what's in your bag

Jan 28 •

2024 Alphabetical Diary

I alphabetize my diary again, with apologies to Sheila Heti

Dec 22, 2024 •

Gratitude and Greed

Having and wanting, satisfaction and striving, acceptance and ambition—is there ever a happy middle?

Nov 27, 2024 •

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