Blogs about: David Rakoff
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Crocheted Cuteness and Friendship Symbiosis
I enjoy crocheting (and to a lesser extent knitting and sewing), but I have a difficult time maintaining enthusiasm for projects that drag on and on. So I make baby clothes. And hats. And dishcloths.… more →
Imperfect Happiness
And it rhymes...
wrote 5 days ago: An excellent trailer for David Rakoff’s first (and, sadly, last) novel. … more →
Shane Black and The Fear
wrote 1 week ago: Writing is like pulling teeth. From my dick. –David Rakoff Writing, for some, is as natural as … more →
Always look on the bright side
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wrote 2 weeks ago: To read about people’s experiences with cancer, it seems as if no-one just ‘has’ the disease-they’re … more →
Mind Vacations
wrote 2 weeks ago: Ava Gardner’s posthumous tell-all. IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY to start thinking about summer—a … more →
Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel & Fraud by David Rakoff
wrote 3 weeks ago: Running short on cash after years of success as a biographer, Israel turned to forgery to keep afloa … more →
Catching up on my reading
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wrote 1 month ago: I have been feeling terrible about how little I’ve been reading lately. It’s something I … more →
Podcast #7: MUTANT
wrote 1 month ago: This week’s theme: MUTANT The Frame Loop podcast explores art and cultural texts tied together … more →
Excerpt from “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace“
wrote 1 month ago: So, what can we learn from their watery ends? Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think wha … more →
David Rakoff is still funny
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wrote 2 months ago: When I find myself at a loss as to what to write, what to “blog” or bloog, or bloop, or whatever thi … more →
Up Side of the Down Side
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wrote 2 months ago: I really have to stop reading books by and about dead young people. It’s too depressing. Or maybe n … more →
Maybe I'm Not A Novelist?
wrote 2 months ago: The idea, when it first occurs, is alien: maybe I’m not a novelist? Sure, up to this point in my lif … more →
Daily Prompt: Ghostwriter | The Daily Post
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wrote 2 months ago: Question: If you could have any author –living or dead – write your biography, who would you choose … more →
Half Empty
wrote 2 months ago: “People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both … more →
On Making Art: David Rakoff Had It Nailed
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wrote 2 months ago: With his irreverent book Half Empty, David Rakoff made me laugh. Out loud and lots. But he also expl … more →
2012 in Books
wrote 3 months ago: I know it’s February, well past the proper amount of time to ruminate on one’s last year … more →
Mireille Silcoff: On turning 40 & loving it, with help from David Rakoff's wise words
wrote 3 months ago: I have only had my palm read twice. The last time was just a couple of months ago, and I see now tha … more →
In Which Steven Seagal and All About Eve Appear in the Same Paragraph
wrote 3 months ago: When I was fifteen, I climbed a mountain with my father and younger brother and sister. I assure tha … more →
The power of "flow".
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wrote 3 months ago: Today Gabe is wearing a teal jacket, a grey sweatshirt, khaki pants, brown shoes, and blue sungla … more →
nelsonmilum’s #CBR5 Review #04: Half Empty, by David Rakoff
wrote 4 months ago: Why are positivity and optimism such lauded traits? Do I really have to be happy all the time, see t … more →
