There Is No Right Or Wrong Reading

Maybe When I'm Sixty-five I'll Talk About My Literary Life.

The Past Was So Past It Hurt.

I Made This List Of Stuff That It's Time For Me To Try To Do.

People Know That Pain Is Part Of Our Nature, That It Cannot Be Avoided And That It Should Not Be Avoided. But Capitalism In This Country Is Focused On The Idea 1) That Life Can And Should Be Absolutely Beautiful; 2) That Beauty Can Be Defined According To An Ironclad Objective Standard; 3) That Beauty Can Be Held Onto Forever If Only You Do The Right Things Perfectly Enough; And 4) That It Can Be Purchased.

I Turned Forty, And Im Finally Going To Get Married And Maybe Have A Kid.