Homo sovieticus: panel

She said that in East Germany they got Russian-accented calls from strangers saying they heard the wall was going to fall down. This was bef...

Greetings from Sofia--a jumble

(synagogue--I didn't take the pic) Cancer Bitch finds herself in Sofia, Bulgaria, which is dingy but smells good, like lilacs. Garbage i...

Madison

I read in Madison with Kathleen Rooney, under the sign of death and next to a workbook on phobia and anxiety. I don't like this picture ...

Rowing

I went boating tonight. It wasn't exactly like this. The picture on the left makes me think of You've come a long way, baby , which ...

Balloon in the Womb

Yesterday the gynecologist took the fibroid from the mouth of my womb. She showed a picture of it to L and my mother, but I didn't see i...

I'm 27

New City Chicago's annual Lit 50 list of people "who really book" in Chicago: 27 S.L. Wisenberg Wisenberg serves as the co-dir...

Spots and Star

My doctor looked at the spots on my leg and was dismissive: An insect bite, she said. So I won't worry. I put bleach on the spots yester...