Elif Batuman

Hello, dear reader!

July is gone, but its links remain.

Apart from brief musings on films I saw recently, my lone post in July was a recap of my vacation in Brighton, from which I was reluctant to return. The ensuing extended brain vacation kept me from doing as much internetting as usual, so the collection of links is a bit thinner this month, but hopefully you can find something below worth scraping across your… See more →

I struggle to understand Japan, and this @BananaKarenina piece on its rent-a-family industry helps, but still, 😐. newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…