Reading, Watching, Writing

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For The Pleasure Lists, I did a little Q&A. I’m writing a weekend diary for a guest post on another blog, out later. Will send more links to more pieces soon. I’ve added a few recs to my pi.fyi profile: the opera gloves and coat that Margaret sent me, my Susanne Kaufman bath oil birthday present, my smart lightbulb white elephant Christmas present, and the Eckhaus Latta cardigan I wear all the time now, part of my model trade.

Last week, I was in Mexico. I unintentionally read two Prohibition-era New York stories back to back just before and while there: Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and Ursula Parrott’s Ex Wife (1929), both brilliant and devastating in very different ways.