“The canker of self-consciousness has been long in me, so like a lot of writers I not only do a thing, I see myself doing it too—it’s almost like not being alone. That morning our hero skipped in his skivvies down to the shore of the sea . . . it was dark . . . the fog . . . Storytelling!”
― Loitering: New & Collected Essays
― Loitering: New & Collected Essays
Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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