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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
The Dec. 21 issue has one of those multi-book review/essays about imagining other lives one might have had if they'd picked a different college, not missed the bus that day, took the other road that diverged in the yellow wood ... it's kind of a thin concept for an essay, IMO, but the writer makes it more or less work. It includes more than a paragraph about Jack and Ennis -- Ennis being grimly satisfied with his bleak choices but Jack always frustrated about not having the sweet life.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 22, 2021, 11:06:23 pm ---The Dec. 21 issue has one of those multi-book review/essays about imagining other lives you might have had if you'd picked a different college, not missed the bus that day, took the other road that diverged in the yellow wood ... it's kind of a thin concept for an essay, IMO, but the writer makes it more or less work for 4+ pages. It includes more than a paragraph about Jack and Ennis -- Ennis being grimly satisfied with his bleak existence but Jack always frustrated about not getting the sweet life.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 22, 2021, 11:06:23 pm ---The Dec. 21 issue has one of those multi-book review/essays about imagining other lives one might have had if they'd picked a different college, not missed the bus that day, took the other road that diverged in the yellow wood ... it's kind of a thin concept for an essay, IMO, but the writer makes it more or less work. It includes more than a paragraph about Jack and Ennis -- Ennis being grimly satisfied with his bleak choices but Jack always frustrated about not having the sweet life.
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In noticed that when I paged through the issue.
I'm six issues behind and counting, now.
Front-Ranger:
You have remarkable discipline, Jeff.
Me, I'm 16 pages in on a 22-page article by our buddy Luke Mogelson called "The Storm" about the insurrection. He sure is earning his keep at TNY! It turns out that he's been on this story for months now and knew exactly how it was going to unfold. I'm excited about discussing it more after y'all have read it, although it looks like that will be around Easter time. :-\
Well, just this one anecdote SPOILER ALERT.
At one point, Mogelson mentioned that he was incapacitated for 20 minutes by pepper spray in his face. That would have been the end of the assignment for me, but not for brave Luke!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 23, 2021, 01:24:36 pm ---At one point, Mogelson mentioned that he was incapacitated for 20 minutes by pepper spray in his face. That would have been the end of the assignment for me, but not for brave Luke!
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I don't think any of my colleagues got sprayed when covering George Floyd unrest, but at least a couple were hit by rubber bullets, one was thrown to the ground (by a cop) and told he'd be shot if he moved an inch, and several got their tires slashed (also by cops).
I was happy to miss that kind of action. I've hung out with crazy right-wingers a few times, and some might have even been at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but frankly my worst fear was catching COVID since they rarely mask or distance.
I forgot to finish that article! It's fascinating. Did nobody seem to mind him getting videos so close up because they thought he was one of them?
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