Something Good #117: I Stepped Into a River
Why do we re-read?
Something Good #116: Fall Reading
"A silent university, a country house, a castle hanging in mid-air beyond the reach of ordinary troubles and vexations."
Something Good #115: Islands & Owls
"Winters are for the true weirdos:" Roxane Hudon on Tove Jansson and island life.
Something Good #114: Frame of Mind (Summer Rerun)
What life was less without.
Something Good #113: A Lost Children's Story From Vienna (Summer Rerun)
“The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.”
Something Good #112: Apocalypses Plural
"A palimpsest of apocalypses."
Something Good #111: Souvenirs
"She belongs to the mousepads and touring holographic experiences now."
Something Good #110: Viktor, the World Builder
In memory of Viktor Antonov (1972-2025).
Something Good #109: Gestures
The hand is held flat, palm downward, and cuts sideways rhythmically against the waist at stomach level.
Something Good #108: Where Do Our Words Go When They Die?
The indignities of the archive.
Something Good #107: The Was That Year, 2024
What else?
Something Good #106: A Winter Reading List
This is a cold battle we are in, and in it we must sometimes read cold things.
Something Good #105: A Time of Gift Guides
Things I like, that your friends and lovers might like too.
Something Good #104: Pointing and Shooting
"My childhood memories are spotty, and largely coalesced around those images."
Something Good #103: All I Want to Do Is Read
The love of the diver for his world of wavering light.
Something Good #102: My Dr. Ruth Debacle
How not to get to Carnegie Hall.
Something Good #101: This Is What the KLF Is About
John Higgs on chaos, magic, money and the band who burned a million pounds, the KLF.
Something Good #100: Professor Crisps
"The train passed by the figure, hundreds of feet tall, holding a staff in each hand. It didn’t seem that anyone else on the train noticed it."
Something Good #99: Possessed
The strange spirit that brings things to life.
Something Good #98: Word Play
I started playing Chants of Sennaar on New Year's Eve, and for weeks it was almost all I could think about. Looking at my Notes app entries from the time, I...