I'm half asleep. There's a scuffling from downstairs. Eventually, Itta, freshly home from her restaurant , trudges upstairs. ITTA:...

From LitBooks' Twitter , here is the last page of Proust's In Search of Lost Time . Kind of reassuring to know that, after writing...

First thing: I promise this is not a subtle, passive-aggressive way of saying that you should really say happy birthday to me. Second: I ...

Last week I was performing, and then there was a Q&A session afterward -- which is always kind of weird; I feel like I should be the one...

BAD:  This morning, one kid refused to get dressed, just refused. I cajoled. I promised rewards. In the end, none of it worked and I had to ...

So today my kids and I crashed the enviable-but-stuffy Brooklyn College library. We didn't exactly get kicked out, but we definitely got...