She reviewed three books a week for a year, and continued to make occasional contributions until 1933....Parker's column helped to establish the New Yorker voice; wry, puckish, world-weary.
On a book she was finding hard to finish: "One of us, we know, is not functioning properly, and we dare not hope in our inferiority that it is the author".
pickAnother of the many rereads I started months ago and have been reading on and off ever since. She and her work have always spoken to me, but I don‘t know if I‘ve ever identified with her personally through her poems quite as deeply as I do at this particular moment in my life. Then again, maybe with the really great writers you feel that all over again each time you read them.
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
I can‘t listen to music while I read. My ADD brain just isn‘t up to the challenge. But that doesn‘t mean my reading doesn‘t influence my listening choices. Hardly a week goes by when I‘m not inspired by what I‘m reading to seek out a new band, a playlist, or an old favorite.
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