Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I am a big fan of the show “Girls” and its accurate portrayal of life for early 20-somethings in New York so it stands to reason that I would enjoy this collection of personal essays by its creator, Lena Dunham. Dunham is comfortable with the uncomfortable. All the things I would never talk about (therapy, bad…
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Though David Sedaris touches on his childhood in this collection of essays, those anecdotes don’t become the focus of this book as they did in the last collection of his I read, “Me Talk Pretty One Day”. This time, he pulls from his early adulthood and – my favorite – sprinkles in some rants spoken…
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Simon Rich’s collection of short stories is a little off the wall. Sure, it’s about love (meeting, getting, and subsequently losing the girl), but these love stories are nontraditional, to say the least. Take, for instance, a man who is lucky enough to get set up by his friends…with an actual troll. Or when Sherlock…
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Peaches to Apples 