Archive - One Sentence

Jan Morris, "Manhattan"

ecstatic attention & secret-concealing landscape descriptions

Apr 22 •

Delmore Schwartz, "In Dreams Begin Responsiblities"

self-envy & time-sickness

Apr 9 •

Stuart McGill, Back Mechanic

uncanny allusions & rooftop poses

Apr 1 •

March 2024

Tom Drury, The End of Vandalism

Xeroxed hairs & anti-intuitions

Mar 13 •

Susan Sontag, "The Way We Live Now"

burning ankles & noisy bushes

Mar 6 •

February 2024

David Hume, "On the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature"

obvious idiocies & benevolent creatures

Feb 27 •

Philip Roth, Operation Shylock

soaring hawks & wobbling seesaws

Feb 14 •

Edward P. Jones, "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons"

microscopic coups & silent dogs

Feb 2 •

January 2024

Andre Agassi, Open

velvet ropes & radical omissions

Jan 17 •

James Marshall, George and Martha

novel-nubbins & video game breakthroughs

Jan 10 •

December 2023

Joy Williams, "Taking Care"

sunken souffles & sentient snow

Dec 19, 2023 •

Stanley Elkin, The Living End

crumb-containing raincoats & universe-containing truffles

Dec 12, 2023 •

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