I looked at a calendar the other day and realized that since New Year’s I’ve barely been home in Chicago for more than four solid weeks at a time. Some of this travel was for fun, some for work, some for family — and while it may sound wildly jet-set, I have to say all this bouncing around has left me … Continued
I wrote about running away with the circus, and about the end of empires and the functions of nonsense, for the Rumpus this past week. I’ve been trying to write about circus for a while, and my first few tries read like very stiff and random book reports. This piece is different (I hope) — and pretty personal, … Continued
So, remember that Rumpus essay from September? In the long wake of the attention it generated, my friend Zoe Zolbrod and I sat down this month to talk about the perils of personal writing, privacy, publicity, and what happens when Terry Gross comes calling. Our questions, and some answers, went up April 21 at the … Continued
Things have been quiet here for a while, haven’t they? It was so peaceful! Ah well. I honestly thought that no one would read the internet over Labor Day weekend. I was wrong. Since The Rumpus published my essay Knocked Over: On Biology, Magical Thinking, and Choice, the response has been overwhelming. So I just want … Continued