took me entirely too long to finish this, but i finally did so. incisive and compelling, i’m left thinking about the correlation between history and societal norms, how my beloved discipline can place unrealities on a pedestal, and how we may aim to disentangle the stories we tell ourselves in order to live. onward to eiffel tower & other mythologies!

my favorite essays:
the writer on vacation
novels and children
ornamental cuisine
neither/nor criticism
striptease
lost continent