Lux Lotus

May 14

the-shortform:

Franklin Park didn’t have the Bulls game on, but that was okay because they had a stacked bill of readers in the house.

(1) Karen Russell reads her short story, “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” (2) Karen chats up fellow author Fiona Maazel w/ Roxane in the background (3) Leigh Newman (4) Tin House editor-at-large, Elissa Schappell (5) Leigh Newman reads from “Still Point North” (6) Roxane Gay reads her review of the movie Battleship (7) Roxane and Lauren Cerand (8) Michael Heald reads from “Goodbye To The Nervous Apprehension”

"Postcards From the Fairy Kingdom"
May 2
Apr 15

mollycrabapple:

photos from the Shell Game VIP opening

out of SO SO SO SO many

photos by Steve Prue

A triumph! (And that’s me in red.)

"In one of my abiding fantasies, I live in the country and take archery lessons, long walks through the woods, and spend more time with a half-dozen deerhounds than people (I would like a husband, and a cook, of course)."

- From my latest piece, “Sanctuaries with Style,” at Sparkle.

Apr 3

"The good life, however one might define it, relies on intention."

- I’ll write twice for a new site this month, and if people like it, I’ll continue. Here’s the first piece, “Beauty is in the Balance.”

Mar 14
I wrote "On Entertaining, By Invitation," for Dempsey & Carroll's Eighteen-Seventy-Eight.
Feb 20
Oprah.com asked me for advice on how to spend it for an affair to remember.
Jan 10
I wrote about cooking blancmange for the Awl.
Jan 9
I wrote one last column for the Weeklings, by request. "I Was Thinking of You."
Dec 23
I wrote about James Salter's Three for Romancing the Tome.
Dec 22