Knowledge Is A Beautiful Thing, But There

The First Thing I Think About When I Wake Up Most Mornings Is The Fact That I’m Tired.

You Could Go Crazy Thinking Of How Unprivate Our Lives Really Are - The Omnipresent Security Cameras, The Tracking Data On Our Very Smart Phones, The Porous State Of Our Internet Selves, The Trail Of Electronic Crumbs We Leave Every Day.

I Might Have Missed My Calling As An Editor. In The Spring, The Sight Of My Empty Garden Beds Gives Me The Horticultural Equivalent Of Writers' Block: So Much Space! So Many Plants To Choose Among, And Yet None Of Them Seem Quite Right!

I Love Japanese Design And Fabrics. I Also Love People Who Make Clothes For Mass Consumption But Do It Well And Cleverly.

I Teach A Non-fiction Writing Class At New York University, And One Of My Great Pleasures Is Deciding On The Syllabus.