Similarly (maybe?), I am exhausted by unremitting analysis. Sure, of political realities—probably in this case, my aversion is partly despair and partly self-preservation —but also of art that I love. Books, movies, even TV shows. I was thinking it could be generational, as I am 67 with two 30-something daughters who can’t seem to simply watch or read and love something, but have to pull in cultural context and theories and parallelism with other cultural artifacts, and it’s just NO, ENOUGH. I love this and that’s all there is to it! We murder to dissect.
I love braided essays but I’m also fine personal narrative standing on its own. Not every memoir on a bad marriage or divorce needs to adhere to a New Yorker style format of bringing in the entire history of marriage. Anyway, thank you for writing this piece.
“While I’m certainly feeling tense, I’m not feeling very conflicted at the moment. I’m feeling clear, distilled.” 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
You put my thoughts of yesterday into words. Liberate the braid!
you always make me smile —
Similarly (maybe?), I am exhausted by unremitting analysis. Sure, of political realities—probably in this case, my aversion is partly despair and partly self-preservation —but also of art that I love. Books, movies, even TV shows. I was thinking it could be generational, as I am 67 with two 30-something daughters who can’t seem to simply watch or read and love something, but have to pull in cultural context and theories and parallelism with other cultural artifacts, and it’s just NO, ENOUGH. I love this and that’s all there is to it! We murder to dissect.
thank you for shouting out Problems. Ruth deserves so much credit for helping to bring that book into the world; best editor in or out of the biz imo.
I love it so much. We talked about Ruth and Emily Books in my Temple MFA class today 🫡
I love braided essays but I’m also fine personal narrative standing on its own. Not every memoir on a bad marriage or divorce needs to adhere to a New Yorker style format of bringing in the entire history of marriage. Anyway, thank you for writing this piece.
I am "two things can be true"d out. Honestly, give me ONE GOOD THING.
YUP
I immediately add anything you mention to my Libby library holds list! Appreciate your voice🙏🏻
Oh, gosh, I so need to read Blob.
It’s very fun!
This was fascinating. Thank you.