"Astonish" by @DianeZinna was published almost a month ago, and I can now say it is my roman empire. I think about it so much, maybe too much. Such a beautiful essay, tense and imagistic, tight and deep and full.
https://t.co/TzpV6kMK6s
"[...] I cannot help but revive Renee in my own story of self: 'You’re way better at being a girl than I am,' I once told her. Of course she was. All this time, she had been a woman, and I was hardly a girl at all." @CavarSarah @The_Rumpus
https://t.co/7Gike8D4cH
"It’s like going mad on a desert island, only with sycophants and room service. It's like having a compliant compass that agrees north is whatever you want it to be[...] Power corrupts & absolute power often corrupts the awareness of those who possess it."
https://t.co/94EZLwjbAu
The Bargain by Frances Dodds in @MemoirLand
"We were both bargaining. But whatever bargain she was cutting, she kept losing.
And I…
I didn't want to think about this anymore. I wanted the negotiation dragging out in the checkout line to end."
https://t.co/t1vvQqyrXD
@reb_arrowsmith it’s been pinned for like a year but more importantly it was incredibly bold of you to tweet at me while you had an essay past due. honestly i respect it
"Some critics have said that making almost every single main character a white middle-aged stay-at-home mom on the school PTA whose favorite TV show is reruns of Friday Night Lights is stereotypical. Well, stereotypes exist for a reason."
https://t.co/JTtmmENnsi