Over the holiday, there were a series of essays by big wigs called “Why We Write.”
Whenever anyone asks me why I write, the immediate answer is that I don’t know how to do anything else. I do, of course – I can fill an ice tray like a pro and have on occasion sold sand [...]
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“Why We Write” #18: Wendy West
Eat, Pray, Love… and then eat some more*
Don’t know about you, but this time of year, I feel like a Baleen Whale…
Walking through holiday buffets with my mouth wide open, food sifting through my gaping maw and into my gullet. Is it that time of year or the newly-discovered Ramsay BBC specials or the crazy hormone pills my vagina doctor gave me [...]
Thursday playlist: I am still walking the line
This was the scene last Friday. (We’re standing in front of the building that blew up in “Die Hard.”)
Why’re we all gathered? Because…
Why we are striking? Because…
We had a little help from the local cops…
And because we are writers, there had to be some free food around, courtesy of the nearest agency (they did keep [...]
Overcooked
I think I have “Project Runway” to blame. After season three ended, I showed up at the same time to the same channel, like a lover that is not quite ready to say goodbye. And, like a lover that can always be counted on for a good time, Bravo was there for me. Bravo!
They offered [...]
Kanye, my brother?
I had always liked Kanye West but the like turned to love on Sept. 2, 2005 when he veered off script at the Concert for Hurricane Relief and spoke the truth: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” His new song, “Stronger,” has been rattling around in my head, lyrics so catchy they are rump-shakin [...]
Adios to ghosts
Recent true events:
• I misplaced the turquoise ring my mother gave me. I always thought it was a romantic ring – maybe one my father had given her. I asked her what it meant to her (without telling her I’d lost it), and she said she’d had it made after The Divorce. Since that conversation, [...]
