Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current Read More
TELL ME EVERYTHING a novel by Elizabeth Strout In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if Read More
A Doctor Examines Mortality, Asks How He Can Help His Patients BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about Read More
Our Early Loves Can Take Us Places When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening Read More
When You Don’t Get the Window Seat This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window Read More
Adjusting to New Developments Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT, Read More
Our Enduring Discontents This was a response to a question that came in my email from McSweeneys. Dear McSweeney’s, You asked: WHAT SHOULD Read More