Tag Archives: americana

Los Brazos

Posted on May 9, 2012 by thisblue

We were in Texas. The taxi from the Waco airport pulled up into a summer night full of crickets—crickets hopping slowly outside baggage claim, crickets in the bushes, crickets in the air. The drive to our hotel felt like a … Continue reading →

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trophy girl

Posted on February 2, 2012 by thisblue
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Posted on January 15, 2012 by thisblue

The Atlantic, while a storied magazine that hires talented writers, seems to have adopted an editorial policy that can be summed up in three words: “Provoke, provoke, provoke.”  It’s like they lopped off the top of the BuzzFeed hourglass, the … Continue reading →

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pic of the week

Posted on December 10, 2011 by thisblue
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Drive All Night

Posted on July 7, 2011 by thisblue

I used to want to check out every diner up and down NY-22 and I-90. I remember one that rose up off an embankment as you came around a bend, a curve of silver windows like the hull of a … Continue reading →

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