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...Hey wait a minute! Golden goddess hue? What am I talking about? I’m black and have never sunbathed a day in my life. Befreckled or not, I must protest the simultaneous assault on my mind and my boobies. After reading the “how-to” again in disbelief, I still can’t decide which is worst; the line “Wearing a support bra every day is your breast defense for staying, well, uplifted,” or the realization that I haven’t been doing three reps...
...less been about fire, whales or diamonds and more about trying to offer his perspective, having seen first-hand the conflict and turmoil of Afghanistan. “Events now seem so important, so delicate.... Every so often, my publisher has to call and say, ‘Hey, you’re trying to sell this book,’” he explained at a reading for WordsWorth Books last week. As an inquisitive audience grilled him on Afghanistan, his time there and the lessons he learned, his humanity spilled out and he spoke as someone...
...earlier if you have to drive over a bridge, because it takes a while for the guards to crawl over and under and through every 18-wheeler that is trying to get into Manhattan. But it was a comfort in the midtown crush, finally, to hear a driver yell, "Hey, move the car, jerk!" and sense the return of vehicular hostility; that felt like normal too. Miss America visited ground zero, as did Paul Newman and John Travolta and the cast of The Sopranos. The war zone is a shrine, and a circus. The funerals are coming faster...
...earlier if you have to drive over a bridge, because it takes a while for the guards to crawl over and under and through every 18-wheeler that is trying to get into Manhattan. But it was a comfort in the midtown crush, finally, to hear a driver yell, "Hey, move the car, jerk!" and sense the return of vehicular hostility; that felt like normal too. Miss America visited ground zero, as did Paul Newman and John Travolta and the cast of The Sopranos. The war zone is a shrine, and a circus. The funerals are coming faster...
...college is very difficult. I am living in a dorm. People had a funny reaction at first, but then they realize I pick my toenails like everybody else and they don’t care anymore. They are really respectful and nice. Some will say “Hey I really like your work.” Others come up and say nice things and go away, or just give a nice smile, or just exclaim “Oh!” and run away. Everybody at school is interesting and has a goal...