{"id":147317,"date":"2019-06-09T15:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=147317"},"modified":"2022-12-25T07:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T12:48:29","slug":"stuff-ive-been-reading-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=147317","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I’ve Been Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

— “The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s’ Most Decadent College<\/a>” is so freakin’ lit. I don’t even know what else to say. <\/p>\n

— Nick Pinkteron and C. Spencer Yeh have a lengthy conversation about the Marvel movies<\/a>. It’s a deep dive. Pinkerton puts into words stuff I’ve thought and worried about. I’ve met Nick. We were guests on a podcast together<\/a>. I said to him afterwards, “You speak in full sentences.” He really does. <\/p>\n

— The interviews with Timothy Olyphant that have come out leading up to Deadwood: The Movie<\/i> have been so great. This one with Rolling Stone<\/i> is awesome<\/a>. <\/p>\n

— My friend Farran Smith Nehme’s essay on Alice Adams<\/i> for The Moviegoer<\/a> – resurrected for a couple of pieces only – is so damn good. <\/p>\n

— I tore through Michelle Dean’s Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion<\/a>\"\"<\/i>. It’s like crack for someone like me. Chapters devoted to many writers I love: Dorothy Parker, Hannah Arendt, Pauline Kael, Susan Sontag, Rebecca West, Janet Malcolm – and how these writers intersected, often battling it out in print, but also how they forged their own paths. There are many writers I am familiar with, but definitely need to learn more – namely, deep dives into Mary McCarthy and Nora Ephron. I just haven’t explored the work of these women (I’ve read The Group<\/i>, I’ve read McCarthy’s book on Watergate, but other than that …) and it’s long overdue. <\/p>\n

— This is slightly embarrassing but so lovely and kind I figured I’d share it: David Jamell Moses, whom I have befriended mainly through Instagram (he’s fantastic: you should follow him<\/a>), wrote a post about his struggles with writing, with keeping at it (I have encouraged him. Like I said: you should check him out. Here are a couple of pieces of his I have loved: Michael B. Jordan, Acting and Black Masculinity in Leading Men<\/a> and this – David is an actor: his is such a necessary voice, so many critics DO NOT GET IT: After all this time maybe it’s time we stop acting like Tom Cruise isn’t really good at acting<\/a>.) But anyway, in his most recent post, he talks about two writers who have inspired him, and I’m one of them, and I am very very touched. Two amazing Women, Johnny Gill and my writer’s block<\/a>. Thank you so much, David!<\/p>\n

— I thought this was a beautiful piece from Sara Benincasa, whom I really like (discovered her on Twitter): Things I Heard When I stopped Staring at my Phone<\/a><\/p>\n

— This is more about looking than reading, but my aunt – Betsy Horan – a talented digital\/video producer – produced this gorgeous piece for the New York Times Sunday magazine: The Dressing Rooms of Broadway: 33 Photos Over Nearly a Century<\/a> – using the vast archive at the Times. Incredible images. <\/p>\n

— This week is the one year anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide. I wanted to share this very moving essay: Some thoughts on Anthony Bourdain, suicidal ideation, and the \u201cswitch.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— “The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s’ Most Decadent College” is so freakin’ lit. I don’t even know what else to say. — Nick Pinkteron and C. Spencer Yeh have a lengthy conversation about the Marvel movies. It’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[626,1935,2685,516,143,2134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147317"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147341,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147317\/revisions\/147341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}