In Praise of Messy Lives
Today, Roiphe still writes hungrily of escapade, but her take can be tempered by self-reflection.
And her increased interest in others is a plus, not a minus. Indeed, Roiphe is at her most winning when she admits to common experiences, like loss.
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But neither is kindness always motivated by schadenfreude. Even now, thrill lies in flouting convention. This will seem like the wrong structure to many people.
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‘In Praise of Messy Lives’ by Katie Roiphe
An oddity of this collection is that although the original publishers of the essays are credited, none is dated. The effect is bizarre: Didion is lambasted for being insufficiently self-revealing in an essay that turns out to have appeared before the publication of her candid memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking In assembling this collection, Roiphe and her publisher evidently chose what they regarded as her best work.
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In Praise of Messy Lives
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