What I’m reading: The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward Ultra-stark and tumultuous tale, written in 1946 and based on the author’s own experience of being locked up in a psych ward, misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, and subjected to shock treatments. I’m loving the wandering pronouns in this book—sometimes you, sometimes I—it’s confusing and discombobulating and […]
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Full Moon Viewing & Poetry Scribbling
I was so charmed recently to read Junichiro Tanizaki’s description of the “full moon viewing party” in The Makioka Sisters. The entire family, including the maid and a young child, gathered outside in the garden, dressed in full kimono, to admire the beauty of the moon and write poems in her honor. That was Osaka […]