Animal Cruelty
“I have a lot of nicknames for him,” I tell R, petting her dog. “The first time you had me dogsit, he actually wouldn’t answer to his name because I didn’t call him that the entire time.” “Oh? So what did you call him?” “Let’s see: Mr. Sassypants, Pupples, Little Man, Lovebug, Handsy – because [...]
Extra Credit: Read ‘Super Sad True Love Story’
Okay. I finished this book over a week ago and I have to admit – despite my best intentions, Gary Shteyngart‘s Super Sad True Love Story has been a slow burn love creep for me. At first I was excited to read this because of its satirical, humorous tone. The book’s protagonist Lenny Abramov even [...]
Your Homework: See ‘Another Earth’
Co-writer, co-producer, and lead actress Brit Marling on playing Rhoda Williams in Another Earth: The toughest thing was to not show the character wallowing in this unbearable grief and self-pity. I didn’t want Rhoda to be this way. I was looking for her grieving to be active. I didn’t want her to be a victim [...]
On Hissyfits
Before I make my children bento boxes for lunch, there will be temper tantrums. Not because they are ill-behaved nor because I am a bad mother. But because, like adolescence and death, temper tantrums are simply a phase of life. (You know – what Marx might have called a ‘historical inevitability’ if he had written [...]
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