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Male potency in biography, autobiography, & other writing
The thrillers I've read of late* are full of details about male sexuality, which led me to ask why there is so little sexual detail in biographies. Even when it comes to extramarital affairs, there [...]
A place to call home
Looking at this photo taken outside the Jane Hotel in New York reminds me of a time when I was at home in a city I haven't been to since the week before the US [...]
A wholesome loaf
We’re not the first people to need a better daily bread. A loaf that is 100% whole grain and suitable for both toast and sandwiches. A loaf that is anyone can make, easily. As World [...]
Sylvia Plath’s ghostly presence
I don’t know if Ted Hughes thanked his wife, Sylvia Plath, for typing in any of his acknowledgements, but he should have. She typed, and typed, and typed. She typed submissions for the poetry competitions [...]
Cooking through a crisis
After I published the post "To Cook A Wolf - Baking with M F K Fisher," the cookbook platform ckbk suggested we collaborate in promoting an idea we both clearly believe: that home cooking can [...]
Foraging & fiddleheads
Long before lockdown began in Massachusetts, I’d been laying in supplies at the urging of my son in Beijing, who’d already been through it. I started planning a vegetable garden, but was a little concerned [...]