Marissa Levien

@rachelhandler.bsky.social this is a balm to my soul

Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024.

say it with me now:
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Things my writing students have said lately that give me pause:

"I liked that false herring..."

"It reminded me of that movie The Lovely Bones..."

"The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Tim Burton..."

Been feeling way too many feelings and just realized the cause isn't a greater depth in my existential well, I've just been drinking too much caffeine

Grady Hendrix might be the best Writer of Titles who ever lived.

Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing The New York City tolling program began on Jan. 5 after defying obstacles for decades. A move to stop it would likely touch off a legal battle between the state and federal government.

"Because we are the party that supports States' Righ--"

"Oh, wait--"

Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/n...

I hope you find it! It's a trip!

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This is about a week late (I don't do anything in a timely manner these days), but wanted to shout out Jules Feiffer, who was a wonderful mentor and friend. He let me help with the watercolors, told me so many wonderful stories. He will be missed.

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Ooooh, it's been a minute, but I saw that piano while out on a run around the perimeter roads of Parkersburg, so my best guess is you would find it on Florence Street or Brookside Drive.

But honestly, Parkersburg is small enough if you just went block by block you'd still find it pretty quick, lol

Beggary Bumps FTW

The Fantasy & Horror Bulwer-Lytton award winning line for worst opening paragraph text is shown: "Sir Arthur Pendragon, High King of the Britons, son of King Uther Pendragon, nephew of King Aurelius Ambrosius, who was in turn the son of a long list of people who weren’t kings and thus don’t matter, only slept with his sister once, but boy did it come back to bite him in the ass." -Diana Murtaugh, Baltimore, MD

The Bulwer-Lytton Awards for Worst Opening Paragraph went out and, man, I totally disagree. This opener is hilarious.

If there's one niche superpower I possess, it's that I can always spell "onomatopoeia" correctly on the first try.

I feel like someone ought to write a children's book telling kids it's okay to give up sometimes.

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they’re dating

Something that doesn't get shouted out as much about NYRB is the awesome colorful inner covers (which usually match the color of the typeface on the title). They always make me smile.

Omg. The universe is aligning for me.

This morning I am living the content life of an 80-yr-old woman: My hair is washed but I'm waiting for it to set, I've got my newspaper crossword, I'm munching on plain yogurt, the Boston Pops' rendition of American in Paris is playing on the turntable, and the cat has finally settled on my lap.

LeVar is always the correct choice.

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Frankfurt Book Fair Cancels Award Ceremony for Palestinian Author Organizers cited the Israel-Hamas war as the reason for stepping back from honoring a novel about the 1949 murder of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers.

I fail to see how this is at all helpful www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/b...

RIP, Louise Gluck.

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I sense that Wes Anderson is going through a Brecht phase.

(not a dig)

Is it weird to read Flaubert's Parrot before reading any Flaubert?

Preparing a lecture, and looking for some source material... does anyone have any good examples of deliberate Lacunae in literature?

Obv there's "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver, and I think there's a strong case that Frankenstein has deliberate holes in the text, but there's got to be others...

Make of this what you will

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott Fall in Love and See Ghosts in ‘All of Us Strangers’ Trailer Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott play a gay couple in "All of Us Strangers," from director Andrew Haigh, premiering at the New York Film Festival.

There's a trailer now for "All of Us Strangers" and it looks so goooooood... Andrew Haigh fans unite! (Haigh-heads?)

variety.com/2023/film/tr...