Daily Reading

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“Sometimes a Romantic Notion”

“The problem with romantic notions is the notions part. Notions are fleeting; they go away.”

—Richard Schmitt, The Gettysburg Review & Best American Essays 2013

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“Holy Water”

“moves some of it... moves some of it... moves some of it... moves most of the rest of it, moves a vast amount of it, moves more water farther than has ever been moved anywhere.”

—Joan Didion, White Album

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“Change The Rapper’s Golden Year”

“It is one thing to be good at what you do, and it is another thing to be good and bold enough to have fun while doing it.” 

—Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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“James Pike, American”

“It is an American Adventure of Barry Lyndon, this Westerner going east to seize his future, equipped with a mother’s love and with what passed in the makeshift moorage from which he came as a passion for knowledge.”

—Joan Didion, White Album 

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“A Year Without Spoons”

“If all it took to be disliked was weird fashion, an off-putting personality, and a commitment to disregarding what anyone thought about me, then I didn’t want to be liked.”

—Chelsea Martin, Caca Dolce