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The customer is short but sturdy, in some thickening limbo of middle age.
Robin Sloan • Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
She ate one meal a day, at lunchtime—ham-and-cheese roll-ups drizzled with honey. Otherwise, she drank can after can of Diet Coke in the morning, and then about midafternoon she switched to mango margaritas, and the margaritas saw her out. She said this was pandemic behavior, but the only kitchen equipment she brought with her when she moved in was
... See moreKatherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
She changed into an expensive T-shirt Simon had bought for her, then sat around, waiting, like the end of every day was a first date.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
But in the world of satisfying stories—her preferred domain—both of Olivia’s parents are so much less than they should have been.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Romantic Comedy: The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE
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“It’s extractive.” Yet such is the deal that so many creators have to make to fit in to Filterworld.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
“He was a generational talent who wrote something that has lasted till this day. And yet he spends all his time worrying about running out of logs for the fire or switching rooms to avoid his creditors.”
- How artists make (or beg for) money