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  • Books on writing: Amina Cain & Elena Ferrante

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    I just finished reading A Horse At Night, by Amina Cain. It’s a lovely book, a love letter to LA, and a reflection on writing & life. Just gorgeous (and as…

  • A Book of Days

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    I just finished reading A Book of Days, by Patti Smith, after going to see her speak at City Arts in San Francisco. Smith is just enough older than my generation’s…

  • Selected Scenes from the End of the World

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    Back in the 1990s, I used to listen to a band called London After Midnight. The one album they’d released, called “Selected Scenes from the End of the World,” featured…

  • What’s in a name?

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    When I first started blogging, I had just started working at Google. I blogged not for visibility, but to create a collection of personal bookmarks online. As I remember it,…

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    I was fond of Twitter. I liked its sense of public forum, I liked its lack of ambiguity in knowing who’d see what when I posted. I liked reading Joyce…

  • dear markdown

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    dear markdownI want you to work betterfor poetry Today’s my birthday. I’m gifting myself time to think: what do I want next? How might I get there? And so I…