Becky Zhang

RT @Harpers: “The central activity of the learner, however, is not writing, but reading: “Read until the eyelashes are almost audible with…

RT @afrofatalism: New in @Harpers, a forgotten Charles Portis text acquired by means that indeed recall the beats of a Portis plot: found i…

RT @joekloc: On April 15 at the NY Society Library: I'll be discussing my new book, "Lost At Sea: Paradise and Poverty Collide at the Edge…

Flanked on the subway by two people reading the same chimamanda ngozi adichie story in the New Yorker

"Philemon is reading an Alberto Moravia novel while Baucis pours them two bowls of Grape-Nuts—courtesy of the gods—for breakfast. She tries shuffling to the fridge for dairy-free milk and almost falls over. Her feet are rooted to the ground." https://t.co/VFRmDZfLfc

RT @caitdoherty: I went to Davos, for @Harpers

RT @Harpers: “In the absence of the old-­fashioned letter, speech is abbreviated, time itself is truncated, manners altered once and for al…

RT @jackantonoff: in this @lizpelly sums it up perfectly https://t.co/MBi8MCfeNZ

RT @Harpers: Liz Pelly (@lizpelly) uncovers Spotify’s Perfect Fit Content program, which aims to remove “real classical, jazz, and ambient…

RT @Harpers: “On the first of June, 1901, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ... a famous man who also suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs and int…

I dined at the new din tai fung 鼎泰丰 in times square https://t.co/mHHXGtapxY

RT @second_sailing: I’d wear a T-shirt that had “Pomona College English” on it

"Visiting the Grande Bibliothèque wasn’t the best option for forgetting about my small stash of morphine. Quite the reverse." https://t.co/SjroWi4mk1

RT @BaskinJon: “It’s the first thing I’ve read that is as beautiful as Shakespeare, but it says something.” Sheila Heti on art, divinity, t…

"I wanted, in bed, to be treated like delicate human property that sealed a diplomatic alliance; they wanted to be kings. I have continued, with brief exceptions, to cede land to whoever amasses a threatening coalition at my border." https://t.co/ab2ZPKczRD

"The layers peeled and flaked; we were warned not to eat them. That made us curious: Were they good to eat?" Jonathan Lethem in the new @harpers https://t.co/eJddcxiHKN

RT @PopCrave: Rolling Stone gives Towa Bird’s debut album a 4/5 & describes the project in new article: “American Hero is a collection of…