var sc_project=6944480; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="19a9c6f9"; var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20497934-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @veblenesquegorge)http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/In April, we welcomed new member Erum into the writing group, and us old-timers watched as, right...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/51068530123http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/51068530123Wed, 22 May 2013 09:40:43 -0400writing groupSacha Wynneerum naqviGreg Wands<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c2e60384665159e0cbb758b4279c4936/tumblr_mn5f7ksZI81qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Rain Room at Moma, or a contemplative midnight hour?</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50985686223http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50985686223Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:32 -0400Momarain room Two summers ago, Mic and I met up in Paris &#8212; me from Berlin, her from a wedding in southern...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50924820979http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50924820979Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:00 -0400Citibikebike shareNew York CityParismy life This is one of the very few wooden clapboard houses left in Manhattan, on 29th Street at 3rd...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50660182527http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50660182527Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:02 -0400manhattamy lifehistoryold new york The Rockaway Ferry began service in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy, providing Rockaway residents...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50656045565http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50656045565Fri, 17 May 2013 11:32:00 -0400rockawayhurricane sandythe rockawaysWhen you are spending your first night since January without at least one from among your boyfriend...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50627803576http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50627803576Thu, 16 May 2013 23:19:55 -0400my life The particular topic of conversation last week between Ebeth and me isn’t relevant, which is lucky...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50492296254http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50492296254Wed, 15 May 2013 08:28:44 -0400Sylvia PlathThe Bell JarnovelsRebecca Meadamanda knox My first go-round as a regular book reviewer for The Daily Beast is up (I wrote the last two in the...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50417814734http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50417814734Tue, 14 May 2013 09:13:00 -0400The Daily BeastMy Writing ElsewherebooksRaymond SokolovJoanna Hershon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7526c8bd07c5b3d66be61f57089fa2a7/tumblr_mmqlxcw0bX1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No access to Tumblr in the places I’ve been.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50338364838http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/50338364838Mon, 13 May 2013 08:41:36 -0400my life Walking home from Soho yesterday, where I treated myself to a haircut I can’t afford from the...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49883782561http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49883782561Tue, 07 May 2013 18:12:00 -0400Processmy lifecircolo It is with so much happiness (and a healthy amount of stress, now that the reality of a manuscript...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49782518495http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49782518495Mon, 06 May 2013 12:55:00 -0400Processmy lifewritingwriting life<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2bcac21ea8c423605f718091fe8f702b/tumblr_mm85lxuk6c1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Best thing I’ve seen all week. The photo itself, taken by Ormond Gigli, coupled with the fantastic story behind it makes you wonder how the image is not world famous. The Manhattan brownstones in the photo were torn down the day after it was taken. More about it in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/may/01/ormond-gigli-best-photograph-women-windows?CMP=twt_gu#" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>.</p> <p>(Discovered thanks to my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardJConway" target="_blank">Richard Conway</a>, who I am grabbing a drink with any day now.)</p> <p>UPDATE: <a href="http://aifaf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/image01.jpg" target="_blank">Higher res version here</a>. Worth clicking through.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49510765734http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49510765734Fri, 03 May 2013 09:32:00 -0400PhotographyNew York CityManhattanormond gigli<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2655033a7fbf817dee2a213ae0ce8631/tumblr_mm4gsvJOSb1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There has never been a classier display of sentiment in dealing with the pappos. Love.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49379905787http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49379905787Wed, 01 May 2013 16:13:41 -0400Heath LedgerMichelle Williamscelebritiespapparazzi I had every intention of writing a lot more while at the hospital yesterday waiting for a friend to...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49357659962http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49357659962Wed, 01 May 2013 09:36:00 -0400hospitalssurgerymy life So pleased to learn that Stand Clear of the Closing Doors and its director, Sam Fleischner, who I...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49187038833http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49187038833Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:07:31 -0400standclearoftheclosingdoorsSam Fleischnertribeca film festivalrockaway<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1400bef4c01d17e1843c6dc668b7e76/tumblr_mlz4cvCAuW1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love in an elevator. Un-Instagrammable.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49100052437http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/49100052437Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:26:55 -0400my life<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a586af75e5b3c3c01e46b1a68d64dc88/tumblr_mlvia24tHg1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beachfront luxury.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48939425746http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48939425746Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:37:14 -0400RockawayRockaway Beach Last night I dreamt that I got tricked into attending an event held by a cult that had torn down S....http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48926313502http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48926313502Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:02:43 -0400dreamssorryitoldyouaboutmydream<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecd60b439d7a05d35d80dbfa21b0dc9c/tumblr_mlm6pa0yUr1qzowd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Triadisches Ballet, a seminal work of the Bauhaus aesthetic imagined by Oscar Schlemmer. It premiered in 1922, just before Schlemmer was named “Master of Form” at the Bauhaus Theater Workshop.</p>http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48610640125http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48610640125Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:33:38 -0400BauhausdanceOskar Schlemmer Surreal-like large-scale sculpture by Anish Kapoor at a sculpture park in New Zealand called Gibbs...http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48355139062http://veblenesquegorge.tumblr.com/post/48355139062Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:49:01 -0400Anish Kapoorstorm kingGibbs Farmsculpture parkart