So much has been written about New York City as a city of histories—rich and public, deep and private. Commerce and bodies ebb and flow. For every New Yorker, there is a ghost city under the tangible one; this second, invisible layer contains the tangled web of memory and geography. I certainly have my fair share of associative ghosts; we all do. But New York City is also a city of forgetting, for better and for worse, and often against our best wishes.
But it is also her adoption of Joyce’s restless desire to portray things boldly and freshly, to crumple the tissue between thought and experience and toss it away for good. Or at least, for the good of the story.
Darin Strauss on Zadie Smith
…trying on positivity for size; feels right…
This story is hilarious. Like, really funny. Worth a listen.
Check out Tig Notaro’s story for This American Life about repeatedly running into Taylor Dayne, who was a pop star in the late 80s and early 90s.
a cool little picto-story that looks like postcards I used to own.
Sketches From Life, Julia Yellow
(Source: sosuperawesome)
Just some people, you know, on the roof of a 20-story building, climbing on top of one another, making a human tower.
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A Tetw reading list
Usain Bolt, Mutant by Luke Dittrich - What would happen if the fastest man on earth started making an effort?
Jordan’s Moment by David Halberstam - A great profile piece exploring a quintessential moment from the legendary career of basketball’s biggest star.
The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius by Michael Sokolove - Should a double amputee be allowed to race against the world’s best able-bodied athletes, or could his disability offer him an unfair advantage?
Federer as Religious Experience by David Foster Wallace - A truly great essayist describes the experience of watching a truly great tennis player up close.
Either/Or by Ariel Levy - How world-class sprinter Caster Semenya puts the idea of binary genders into question.
