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I watched the lives of others with a sense of wistfulness. I missed the burn of Scotch in my throat, the loose joy of a dinner party where everyone got a little high on talk. I wanted to be sloppy and fun again. “How are you doing?” Gina asked one morning. “I don’t know if I can take this anymore,” I told her. “I just want to get better. I want to
... See moreMeghan O'Rourke • The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
“But it’s making me realize I am more addicted to hope than I care to fess up to.”
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
“Report: Aspirin Taken Daily with Bottle of Bourbon Reduces Awareness of Heart Attacks,” The Onion, June 10, 1998, https://www.theonion.com/report-aspirin-taken-daily-with-bottle-of-bourbon-redu-1819564746.
Alex Berenson • Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives
flowering of memoir writing, including such classics as Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club and Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius—works
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
When I was twenty-one, I had my tonsils removed.
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
This is where we are now, endlessly cheerleading ourselves into positivity while erasing the dirty underside of real life.
Katherine May • Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
