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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. -Sam Levenson
The Way Your Life Goes
I recently started reading The Lives of Lucien Freud by William Feaver (Alfred A. Knopf, 2019). I know his name, as an artist, and I'm...
Jae Hodges
Feb 19, 20202 min read
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Cezanne's Apples
I'm reading Francine Prose's What to Read and Why (Harper Perennial, 2018), a book that presents 33 essays on reading, and the written...
Jae Hodges
Jan 26, 20202 min read
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Contemplating Life
I recently read Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani Shapiro as part of my research for my next novel. One of...
Jae Hodges
Jan 5, 20202 min read
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Thoughts on Christmas Past
My mother and I always spent Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. My grandfather, wearing his special red felt Christmas vest, would...
Jae Hodges
Dec 15, 20192 min read
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Ode to a Bowl
Thanksgiving represents for me some of my happiest growing up memories. My grandmother's house was the traditional gathering place, with...
Jae Hodges
Nov 28, 20193 min read
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Letters from the Past
The main protagonist in my second novel is a man named Martin Lovering. As it turns out, this man is my sixth cousin four times removed....
Jae Hodges
Nov 23, 20191 min read
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