May 22, 2019
Close-Reading the Rhythm of a Thomas Pynchon Sentence
If you’ve read enough of my blog posts, you’ll likely realize that I have an abiding interest in the rhythm of sentences. In a blog post on first lines, I […]
March 4, 2016
Reagan on the Couch, Part 2
Who knows if it’s still the case, but in the 1970s a parent could make some relatively easy money by offering up her kid for medical experiments. My mother, for […]
February 18, 2016
Reagan on the Couch, Part 1
In the late summer of 1976, from the tan shag carpet of our living room in the Taco Flats neighborhood of Cupertino, California, I watched on TV with my brother, […]