This is so brilliant, what a genre to behold. Also speaking of, this!: "The story of a life is, to me, one of the most terrifying things to behold, like seeing the planet with the atmosphere peeled off."
Did you ever read the 80s biography series for kids where all the subjects had an imaginary friend? I was obsessed with the one about Nellie Bly going undercover in an asylum. I'm pretty sure they all stopped before death.
did it explain how he circumvented developer restrictions by using shell cos to purchase all the land around orlando and then run it as his own municipality?
This is so brilliant, what a genre to behold. Also speaking of, this!: "The story of a life is, to me, one of the most terrifying things to behold, like seeing the planet with the atmosphere peeled off."
ty A!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
Did you ever read the 80s biography series for kids where all the subjects had an imaginary friend? I was obsessed with the one about Nellie Bly going undercover in an asylum. I'm pretty sure they all stopped before death.
What in the
NO BUT I THINK I NEED TO
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-value-of-fairness-the-story-of-nellie-bly_ann-donegan-johnson/333549/item/3681247/
I forgot they were all supposed to teach a "value" as well!
this is why every corporation today has a "core values" screed, isn't it
These books are SO strange, along with the "who is/was" series with the giant ugly heads on the covers.
the giant heads!!! That tiny bit of stretched neck captures EXACTLY how they make me feel
THE CATHERINE NEWMAN ARTICLE OH MY GOD
I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! The bit on the mountain got me and then the rest left me just a pile of bones
My son read "Who is Walt Disney?" I asked him what he learned. He said, "After he got married, he took a two week honeymoon with his wife."
bahahaha that's the stuff!
did it explain how he circumvented developer restrictions by using shell cos to purchase all the land around orlando and then run it as his own municipality?
He didn't even know where they went on their honeymoon.
trying to imagine being the illustrator for this book, thinking about how to represent santorini or wherever in a partial-page vignette
Thanks for recommending my piece in "Paris Review."
You’re the best!
So kind!