Cornelia Channing

New York

Staff Editor, Projects and Initiatives at The New York Times

special projects @nytimes

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Cruel Compendium #76 š„

Jun 25, 2024 | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Alexandra Alter |Carly Mallenbaum |Cornelia Channing |Alexander Chee

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Learning to Love My Father as His Mind Unraveled

Jun 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Cornelia Channing

When I was around 10 years old, my father started hiding bananas in our house. We found them in the dishwasher, in the junk drawer, behind the potted plants. I once came upon an entire bunch hanging from the shower head. Too often, he hid them so well - tucked beneath a pile of blankets in a rarely opened closet, say - that we found them only when they started to smell. When confronted, Dad denied it, but we knew it was him. On their own, the bananas might have been amusing.