Whistle Pigs, Nostalgia, & the Evolution of Language

In Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, “the husband sees a woodchuck looking through the window at them. It is with great joy that they

If I Don’t Know You, I Don’t Want to Touch You (No Offense).

“Not bad,” my new colleague declared, having taken it upon herself to assess my handshake. She conducted this test on everyone she met for the

The Custom of the Country (Is To Subjugate Women) #FallingForEdith

“‘I know just what I could do if I were free. I could marry the right man,’ she answered boldly.” The speaker is Undine Marvell,

“The Best Stories Are The Ones You Know Yourself”

Last week, one of my seven-year-old twins came home from school with a beautiful book, Frederick Lipp’s Tea Leaves, which she chose because, in her

What A Pity To Learn How To Live So Late

Now that I’ve thoroughly depressed everyone with my post on Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, I’ve asked my other

Remaining The Writer of Our Own Story At Life’s End

In Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande draws attention to an issue that most of us try to avoid: how