Abigail Weil

Dec 2, 2024 | clereviewofbooks.com | Abigail Weil

Every Clevelander knows who he is, the guy in the green glasses. A portrait of an otherwise unknown figure, by an otherwise undistinguished painter, hangs in our art museum and has become an icon of our great city by its sheer oddness. The real story of this painting–odd, humble, surprising–is the story of our city, hardscrabble and beautiful. The guy in the green glasses is a portrait of Nathaniel Olds.

Jul 27, 2023 | heyalma.com | Abigail Weil

I expected a lot from the “Barbie” movie. A d’var Torah was not on the list. If you haven’t seen the film yet, stop reading now. Put on your favorite pink frock, trot over to the nearest cinema, then come back to me. Spoilers ahead. With fervor verging on zealotry, I have been anticipating Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” since I first saw those iconic women’s names linked in one sentence. I reasoned that director Gerwig, at the height of her creative powers, could choose to tell any story that inspired her.

Apr 10, 2023 | memoirmonday.substack.com | Drew Nelles |Robert MacFarlane |Robert Macfarlane |Abigail Weil |Michael Moritz

Welcome to Memoir Monday—a weekly newsletter featuring the best personal essays from around the web, and a quarterly reading series, brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus,  Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus—and this week, we are thrilled to welcome Electric Literature aboard!In addition to the weekly curation, there are now original personal essays under the heading of First Person Singular.

Apr 3, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Abigail Weil

The cover of the cookbook shows a bamboo basket laden with bell peppers, asparagus, and broccoli. Surrounding it on the table are scallions, ginger, dried mushrooms, peapods, a red onion. A fish, an eggroll, some dumplings, a pair of chopsticks. In the background, a white ceramic soup tureen waits coquettishly to be opened. A long, seductive purple eggplant and buxom bunch of bok choy lean against a garden window, or maybe it’s a wall with flowery wallpaper.