Reading: Catching up on my New Yorkers, and just starting Ali and Nino by Kurban Said.

Audio: The soundtrack from “A Star is Born” (with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) on Spotify. No shame.

Art: “It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200“ at the Morgan Library

Video: Inspired by the above, planning to re-watch Ken Russell’s Gothic (1986)

Eats & Treats: Everything pumpkin spice!!!! Yes, I’m kidding. I’m not really a fan.

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Reading: Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand

Audio: Reviving my early love for The Police

Art: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at the Brooklyn Museum

Video: The documentary film “Basquiat: Rage to Riches”

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Reading: Marta McDowell, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books (a gift from Mr. Professor; highly recommended!)

Audio: Went to see my longtime musical love Lloyd Cole at City Winery; now I’m playing and replaying lots of his albums in the aftermath

Art: A recent visit to the Whitney

Video: “McQueen,” the documentary film about designer Alexander McQueen

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Reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Audio: U2, Songs of Experience

Video: New episodes of “Endeavour” on PBS

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Reading: Simon Critchley, On Bowie.

Audio: Going through a U2 phase right now, revisiting some old favorites.

Video: Season 2 of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Art: “History Refused to Die” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Reading: Graham Greene, Brighton Rock

Audio: A Spotify playlist called “The 80s All Lined Up.” Springsteen’s “The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle.”

Video: Mr. PP and I recently watched “Dunkirk” on TV.

Art: Thinking about the American Watercolor movement lately at work.

Drink: Kobrick’s coffee in a French press

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Reading: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Audio: I’m on a Rasputina kick again, for some reason, and I’m already sorry I’m going to miss their upcoming April NYC show.

Video: Black Mirror, Season 4

Art: I need to see the Grant Wood show at the Whitney, but I probably won’t get there for a few more weeks…

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Reading: The Nakano Thrift Shop (a Christmas gift)

Audio: Bowie’s “Station to Station”

Video:  Recently re-watched Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Still loved it.

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Reading: Nathan Hill, The Nix (a loan from my friend T)

Video: Season 2 of The Crown

Audio: David Bowie’s Young Americans

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