I am such a sucker for first edition books, especially from the first half of the 20th century.
Andrew Wyeth, Farm Road, tempera on masonite, 1979
It is 12:20 in New York a Friday
three days after Bastille day, yes
it is 1959 and I go get a shoeshine
because I will get off the 4:19 in Easthampton
at 7:15 and then go straight to dinner
and I don’t know the people who will feed me
Roe Ethridge, “Oysters,” 2005.
Are the following sentences the beginnings of essays or of short stories?
Obsessed with this Rachel Comey scarf. “Baby alpaca fur, died of natural causes”!
Get Ready...
- Thessaly: I have a new girl crush.
- Jenna: ME TOO! You go first.
- Thessaly: Charlotte Gainsbourg.
- Jenna: Ooh. Yes.
- Thessaly: Who is yours?
- Jenna: RIHANNA
Stumbled upon this amazing print of a painting by Jane Mount, my friend and partner for her Ideal Bookshelf Project.
This Bengali salmon dish is delicious and surprisingly simple. Only two steps! We served it with simple white rice (plus butter), Chardonnay, and cumin stir-fried snap peas.
Stardust
Stardust is
the hardest thing
to hold out for.
You must
make of yourself
a perfect plane—
something still
upon which
something settles—
something like
sugar grains on
something like
metal, but with
none of the chill.
It’s hard to explain.
—Kay Ryan
