Since working from home, I've had no gauge of how my body has changed. Has it grown? Softened and stretched—sagged even—with sedentary idleness? Of course it has, the little voice in my head seethes. She's the product of society, of the patriarchy, the one who's always reminding me of how far from ... Read More
Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 4)
I'm reading one book a day for as long as this COVID-19 quarantine lasts. Here are the ones I read this past week. DAY 24: THE IDIOT I re-read Elif Batuman's acclaimed novel, The Idiot, because my friend had mentioned adding it to her Kindle—and by the end, wasn't impressed. It's not that I ... Read More
Quarantine Reading: I Love Dick + Other Things (Week 3)
Three weeks in and I'm still reading one book every day during this COVID-19 quarantine. DAY 15: I LOVE DICK I'm not sure why I waited to long to read Chris Kraus's half-fiction, half-memoir, I Love Dick, except that I was either prudish or sheepish about reading such bold a title outside the ... Read More