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Sleep: Loss

(Originally published in the NY Times) I used to think that the only thing worse than having insomnia is having insomnia next to someone who

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Didion as Diva

  “What makes Iago evil? some people ask. I never ask.” What makes Didion a diva? I ask instead. In lieu, that is, of the

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The Insomniac

(A piece from almost 20 years ago:  Originally published in The New York Times Magazine – July 1996) I would steal an hour of Steve’s

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Flying Finish

Originally published in The New York Times Magazine, July 1995 Here we are, in this car, at this moment, at this place we hoped never

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