Life in the Asylum

“I’m basically nuts. I sit by myself every day, most days, eight hours in this little room. It feels like either a torment or an adventure. The only way I can still the torment or appreciate the adventure is to write it down.” 

—David Mamet, Pulitzer-winning playwright and new crime novelist, in Sarah Weinman, “In His First Crime Novel, David Mamet Resurrects a Vanished Version of His Hometown,” Vulture.com, Feb. 20, 2018.

 

• Editorial Comment: Yup. He’s squirrel food. In a good way.

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Epiphany

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