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…since I’ve updated. But sometimes, the events of the world when mixed with my life leave me speechless. Various updates, about to appear.

Hello from Wisconsin, where I am spending the week with my boyfriend and his family. Tonight after dinner as the sunset started we saw this out over the lake, and it perfectly banded the sky. I hope this all finds … Continue reading →

Mary Gaitskill on lost cats, pet psychics, kids who are not your kids but also are your kids, and loss, over at Granta.com. Also in issue 107. If you also want to write your Senator, your Congressional Rep and your … Continue reading →

I’ve just been staring at these for a few minutes now. From Bob Cesca’s blog, the salaries of the highest paid health insurance CEOs: * Ron Williams – Aetna – Total Compensation: $24,300,112. * H. Edward Hanway – CIGNA – … Continue reading →

The Double A, Double W (as I like to call it) is throwing down hard this Thursday with a debut fiction reading and a raffle benefiting the workshop. The top prize is a brand-new Vespa LX50, in the iconic Robin’s … Continue reading →

When I was a kid, for Lunar New Year we went and bowed to our parents and received red envelopes full of money to go and celebrate. We also made this soup, which you’re supposed to make and eat for … Continue reading →

Before I leave to go back to Paris for more research, I have a lunch with my friend Sabina Murray, in which she describes what I think is the perfect method for doing research for fiction: “I read everything I … Continue reading →