"Be quiet, sir!" said the Princess. "Can't you see these are strangers, and should be treated with respect?" "Well, that's respect, I expect," declared the Clown, and immediately stood upon his head.
Psychobabble
Why I like Miranda July
Miranda July is one of my favourite writers. Her writing is invariably funny and disarming– she writes with a light touch as if her purpose is to do nothing more than give you a little peak into her way of living.
The main reason I like her though is not due to her style but her subject matter. Her stories are vignettes on a way of living which takes the world as vibrant, unusual and a little scary. For those of us like me, whose life sits firmly on the pedestrian scale of things the stories are glimpses of the edges–which makes this conventional bod happy that someone is out there pushing at the boundaries of our normality and reporting back on just how amusing, marvelous, and terrifying it might be.
Here’s a recent New Yorker piece of hers that inspired this comment “Sticky Fingers” and of course, her brilliant collection of short stories, No one belongs here more than you.
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12th April 2010: “The Pink Panthers”
This post is part of my New Yorkerest project. Following the hiatus of the eponymous blog I’ve tried to pick my own favourite article from each week’s New Yorker magazine. For more information see here.
A Reporter at Large
The Pink Panthers: The global reach of Balkan jewel thieves.
by David Samuels
April 5 2010: “The Hunted”
This post is part of my New Yorkerest project. Following the hiatus of the eponymous blog I’ve tried to pick my own favourite article from each week’s New Yorker magazine. For more information see here.
A Reporter at Large
The Hunted: Did a fight to save the elephants go too far?
by Jeffrey Goldberg
March 29 2010: “The Prince of Solomeo”
This post is part of my New Yorkerest project. Following the hiatus of the eponymous blog I’ve tried to pick my own favourite article from each week’s New Yorker magazine. For more information see here.
Letter from Umbria
The Prince of Solomeo
by Rebecca Mead
March 22nd 2010: “The Pura Principle”
This post is part of my New Yorkerest project. Following the hiatus of the eponymous blog I’ve tried to pick my own favourite article from each week’s New Yorker magazine. For more information see here.
Fiction
The Pura Principle
by Junot Díaz
sually an article on the Supreme Court would always win me over as I am a massive fan of the anachronisms and intrigue of that particular institution. Jeffrey Toobin’s writing on the subject is always excellent and he really managed to chart the substantial change in the role and make up of the court in the years since Justice Stevens joined. However, the piece came up against Junot Díaz’s funny and vibrant story. Whilst I was in some ways disappointed by his book, Díaz’s short stories hardly ever fail to disappoint. He fills them with the energetic and visceral tales of a well rendered community which wins me over every time.
March 15th 2010: “Obama’s Lost Year”
This post is part of my New Yorkerest project. Following the hiatus of the eponymous blog I’ve tried to pick my own favourite article from each week’s New Yorker magazine. For more information see here.
A Reporter at Large
Obama’s Lost Year: The Main Street Problem
by George Packer
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