Category: The Good Reader
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Yogi of the “Masterpieces”
[For continuity, you may consult part 1, part 2 , and part 3. But like most sequels, they mainly prove that the hero is bad at learning lessons and even worse at reading books.] “À Paris, monsieur, tout est chef-d’œuvre.”(In Paris, monsieur, everything is a masterpiece.) The tour guide’s voice rose above the static of…
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No rush, Monsieur
[if you’re wondering how our good reader ended up here croissants in hand, books still unread, the backstory is available in two equally unhelpful installments: part 1 and part 2.] “Bonjour, monsieur. Voilà votre café crème… et votre Hemingway starter kit.” (“Good morning, sir. Here is your coffee… and your basic tourist intellectual package.”) The…
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The Atlas of Ghee and Gridlock
Optional, but for those who like their comedies with a prologue, please see Part 1: A Summer of Good Intentions and Bad Attention. It began, as all midlife revelations do in the year 2025, with a YouTube thumbnail: a woman in Santorini holding The Bell Jar like a wine glass, promising that travel had healed…
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A Summer of Good Intentions and Bad Attention
The Good Reader There are still readers, real ones, endangered and elusive as those peculiar souls who savor airline food. More intriguingly, there are still good readers, the kind who subscribe to the New York Review of Books, even when a New Yorker piece from last April lingers in their browser tabs like a literary…
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