Link Salad, the Complicated Persons Edition
-- The NFL's Modern Man - Robert Mays, Grantland, Nov. 20, 2013
"When Barwin took out a full-page good-bye ad in the Houston Press, the largest font was devoted to the city, to his teammates, and to the fans. But nearly everyone he encountered got a mention. "He thanked everyone from the pizza delivery guy to the band leaders to the restaurant owners," McGinn says. "Those were his people.""
-- How Many of Your Memories Are Fake? - Erika Hayasaki, The Atlantic, Nov. 18, 2013
"We who write and read nonfiction might find all of this unnerving as well. As our memories become more penetrable how much can we trust the stories that we have come to believe, however certainly, about our lives? The nonfiction list of New York Times bestsellers is heavy with reported narratives like Lauren Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, and memoirs like Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, Elizabeth Smart’s My Story, and Piper Kerman’s Orange is the New Black. What becomes of the truth behind accounts of childhood hardships that propelled some to persevere? The merit behind meaningful moments that caused life pivots? The emotional experiences that shaped personalities and belief systems?"
"When Barwin took out a full-page good-bye ad in the Houston Press, the largest font was devoted to the city, to his teammates, and to the fans. But nearly everyone he encountered got a mention. "He thanked everyone from the pizza delivery guy to the band leaders to the restaurant owners," McGinn says. "Those were his people.""
-- How Many of Your Memories Are Fake? - Erika Hayasaki, The Atlantic, Nov. 18, 2013
"We who write and read nonfiction might find all of this unnerving as well. As our memories become more penetrable how much can we trust the stories that we have come to believe, however certainly, about our lives? The nonfiction list of New York Times bestsellers is heavy with reported narratives like Lauren Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, and memoirs like Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, Elizabeth Smart’s My Story, and Piper Kerman’s Orange is the New Black. What becomes of the truth behind accounts of childhood hardships that propelled some to persevere? The merit behind meaningful moments that caused life pivots? The emotional experiences that shaped personalities and belief systems?"