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The Body of the Doctor

I wrote this post in 2009. I thought, like so many of us, that surely — SURELY — shooting a doctor in a church was as bad as it could get…

Jun 27, 2022

The Body of the Doctor

Jun 27, 2022

The Surprising Optimism of Dystopian Teaching

Last fall, I taught a class on dystopian fiction that seemed like an exercise in redundancy: The entire world was caught in what felt like…

May 25, 2021

The Surprising Optimism of Dystopian Teaching

May 25, 2021

The Season of Grief Bacon

Early in Pandemic Time — so early that it almost seems like the Before Time — I was talking to a friend about the Covid Kilos. I’d been…

Dec 25, 2020

The Season of Grief Bacon

Dec 25, 2020

The Power of The Shadow King

I’ve been talking lately with my students about the question of history: how do we all navigate the weight of the history –the histories —…

Oct 5, 2020

The Power of The Shadow King

Oct 5, 2020

The Biggest Bluff

A long time ago, I spent a rainy afternoon in a VW bus with three friends learning to play poker. We were in Montauk, at the easternmost…

Sep 16, 2020

The Biggest Bluff

Sep 16, 2020

You Old Girls

When was the last time you read a book that was about women’s friendships? Aside from Elsa Ferrante, that is? And what about friendships…

Aug 14, 2020

You Old Girls

Aug 14, 2020

Dorian Trump

Remember the story of Dorian Gray and his portrait? It’s Oscar Wilde’s version of the Faust story, in which a beautiful young man sells…

Jan 6, 2020

Dorian Trump

Jan 6, 2020

A Tale of Two Totes

Both Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris put out Pride tote bags. Because they’re the only candidates I really care about (could the B-boys…

Jul 12, 2019

A Tale of Two Totes

Jul 12, 2019

Aspiration: Crone

Quarantine has me feeling old, old, old. I’m living in basically the same incredibly comfortable dress that is only about two steps…

May 30, 2019

Aspiration: Crone

May 30, 2019

World Preemie Day & Turning 17

Those are my son’s feet, actual size, on the day he was born. He was a preemie, and although he was supposed to be a January Capricorn, he…

Nov 17, 2017

World Preemie Day & Turning 17

Nov 17, 2017

Deborah Lindsay Williams

Deborah Lindsay Williams

Ambivalent New Yorker in Abu Dhabi (no, not Dubai): feminist, writer, PhD, skeptical seeker of beauty (she/her), #binder. http://linktr.ee/mannahattamamma

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