We are both under the weather (or rather, she’s sick, and I’m feeling dangerously on that post-nasal-drip, wheezing, sneezing, sinus-that’s-really-a-pip verge of sick), and there’s still a million things to do, not to mention a holiday in between here and there, and I am as reluctant to write one of these notes as I usually [...]
Emily says that when she tells people that she’s reading in February with Stephen Wright (the novelist) at the 92nd Street Y, they sometimes assume that she’s talking about Steven Wright (the comedian). They tend, she says, to get very excited at the prospect of this lineup. I personally think it’s a fantastic idea: fiction [...]
Because I just moved last week, when I went to the polling site for my new precinct yesterday, I had to fill out a paper ballot. The ballot itself was straightforward, although the note that said that my entire vote would be voided should I fill in one standardized test-like oval incorrectly was a little [...]