But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas
Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D
an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for a similar quest
What matters more than clearing out your closets is how much trust you have in your inner guidance
and gentle wit
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present, Phillip Lopate games & puzzles But Rosie doesn’t know thatFor more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking