What has always drawn me to the short stories of Mary Gaitskill is that she spends a lot of time…
Posts tagged Mary Gaitskill
A bourgeois luxury
Do you ever just stare and stare and stare at a blank page and will the words to come? I’ve…
Trying to delay gratification
lt is taking every ounce of self control I have not to ignore everything in my life until I have…
November 11th should be a holy day
Today marks the birth of Kurt Vonnegut and Mary Gaitskill.
Exercising the Sister #1 Power of Tune Out
Since I’m Sister #1 I sometimes get to be a bit of tastemaker for the Sisterclub. Now that I think…
Mary Gaitskill told me I had a radiant smile
Mary Gaitskill is tiny. She wore a perfectly tailored, brown pinstriped suit (the one here. The podium came up to…
Three steps to the best Tuesday ever
1. NEW Paul Westerberg CD 2. Mary Gaitskill reading 3. FREE ice cream At least when my stomach cancer kills…
I feel better!
I worked so hard today that I think my cold germs got bored and decided to skip town. As of…