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The Autumn of Joan Didion - Atlantic Mobile →
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For Esme, With Love and Squalor →
Not a Christmas story, but feels like one.
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J: Should I be freaking out? M: The answer to that is never yes.
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A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. →
by Carson McCullers
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In Defense of Sentimentality →
Happy holidaze from the ghost of John Irving past
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John Frum Cargo Cult →
cargo cult   noun (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various native religious cults of a millenarian andmessianic character located in the southwestern Pacific islands,holding that spirits will bring large cargoes of modern goods for distribution among its adherents. Notable examples of cargo cult activity include the setting up of mock airstrips, airports, offices, and dining rooms,...
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Listen“a calming pre-interview tune for serenity...
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“When you have occasion to tuck up your shirt-sleeves, recollect that the way of...”
– Francis Galston, The Art of Travel: or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Via The Believer
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"Despite the recent trend in viewing fiction as a... →
Elif Batuman reviews ‘The Programme Era’ by Mark McGurl · LRB 23 September 2010 (via Instapaper)
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It's decorative gourd season motherfuckers →
1. Show this to a car full of moms complaining about the neighbors’ tacky decorations 2. Listen to them tell each other “it’s fuckin’ fall motherfuckers” the rest of the weekend Thanks Rainier East!
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“but, what could be even cooler… is a corn maze!  now i’ve never done a corn maze, but from what i’m reading, they are pretty wild.  you get a bunch of clues and have to be keen enough to get out.  cool huh?  but don’t worry, if you can’t figure your way out, they also give you a flag that you can wave frantically and a ‘corn cop’ will come and get...
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Joan Didion - Why I Write →
“Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write.”
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