June 2012
“Suddenly, I began to reconsider my approach to mental illness, a field I had...”
– Our Animal Natures
What You Can Learn From Dating A Total Asshole (Or... →
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School for Asshole Daters by Moliere by me.
“Laura: Classically-trained musicians are forced to cultivate a work ethic for...”
– Interview with The Family Crest
“There were stretches when this team would be locked in on defense in a way that...”
– The Point Forward
The “Which Asian Guy Is Right For Me?” Guide for... →
“Surely, this is the sign of maturity: we are finally admitting to ourselves that...”
– Frank Chimero, “The Anthologists”
“Then I said, “When this is over, I’m going to write an op-ed titled ‘Women Can’t...”
– Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
How to Build an NBA Championship Team →
“I’m not disheartened by the thought that what takes me years to write may occupy...”
– The Narrative Physics of Novels
“This is what art is supposed to do– evoke a curiosity about ourselves, and the...”
– Kartina Richardson, “Wes Anderson’s Arrested Development”
“In the case of YA, discussions about hatred of the genre often come with some...”
– s.e. smith, “I See What You Did There: YA Bashing As an Excuse for Teen Bashing”
The Dream Will Never Die: An Oral History of the... →
“Kafka teaches us how to love ourselves even as we’re being merciless toward...”
– Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom
“You see, I too was a geek growing up, forced to the fringes of society where I...”
– I am what’s wrong with literature
Grand Guignol: a play of a macabre or horrific... →
“No one would design a system of extreme supervision to prepare people for a...”
– It’s Not About You
“Could the show have continued on that same aesthetic trajectory? It’s hard to...”
– Jay Caspian King on Mad Men
“Maybe that’s how Rondo prefers it. In an age of oversharers, Rondo remains a...”
– Rajon Rondo: The NBA’s Least Boring Player
The Millions: In Defense of Autobiography →
100 Girls In White Tank Tops Or Sometimes White... →
“More important, their lives have been perversely structured. This year’s...”
– It’s Not About You
“The paper that resulted five years later, the abovementioned “Prospect Theory,”...”
– Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error 