The viral contagion sweeping over the world has forced many people to work from home for the first time. For me it is natural. I haven’t labored in an office since the magazine I edited folded in 1984. These days…
The hero of The Last One Left is Sam Boylston, a Texas lawyer whose fiercely competitive drive causes a breach with the wife who still loves him and whom he loves: He ain’t real big yet. But he’s moving as…
My roommate is spending quarantine getting yoked. The man has gained nearly 20 pounds of muscle, spending all of his available time either eating or doing chin-ups in our shared bathroom doorway. In addition to this constant pursuit of a…
I looked in the mirror today. I look like the Lion King. I haven’t had this much hair on my head since I was 12. Unable to cut it, I’m beginning to think about directing its growth somewhere, probably towards…
How are we spending our time during the shutdown? We are so grateful that you’ve asked. My wife, Amy, and I are spending more hours together, really together. We read to one another, sing out loud together (mostly 1980s favorites),…
I broke the tap. I’m not playing games with this virus. I was disinfecting it with the hammer and the handle came off. Now I can’t stop the trickle, relentless as a tax collector. I called the plumber. But nothing…
About a month ago, I walked out of the University of Oklahoma College of Law’s Coats Hall for spring break. I had no idea it would be the last time I left Coats Hall as a student. Back then, the…
You know you’re a little tense when you’re able to play a Safri Duo hit simply resting your index finger on the underside of a bucket. Spending so long on lockdown affects the nervous system. Irregular appetite, screaming outbursts, and…
It was around a month ago that the eccentric dictator of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow, ordered his government ministers to fumigate the entire country by burning yuzarlik, a perennial herb also known as harmala or Syrian rue, the better to…