How About You Have A Refreshing Week
A special listings edition for my paying subscribers| Refreshments
A special listings edition for my paying subscribers| Refreshments
Life & Arts served cozy on a tray by Lizzie Simon (author of DETOUR, former WSJ Theater Columnist, screenwriter and travel writer.)| lizziesimon.substack.com
If you’re a regular reader, you know that I embraced anti-inflammatory eating when my limbs were overtaken by a mysterious, rare auto immune skin condition in the winter of 2024. | Refreshments
with Writer and West Wing Veteran Janel Moloney| Refreshments
Hey yo - An essay I recently wrote, My Own Personal Pond, was selected as one of the best personal essays from around the web by a consortium of publications including Granta, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, Electric Literature and Memoir Monday.| lizziesimon.substack.com
Recently when my friend Maria asked me what I was writing, I told her I was working on an essay about a pond I visited again and again and again during the month I spent with my kids and parents in Wellfleet.| Refreshments
At the Quad Cinema this week, I went to see the talky indie drama “Or Something,” which tells the story of a young man and woman who must kill hours of time together in Manhattan before retrieving money owed to them by the same deadbeat.| lizziesimon.substack.com
In a terrific new comedy now in previews at the Soho Playhouse, musician/comedian Morgan Bassichis unearths the life and work of Frank Maya, who was amongst the most successful out gay comedians in America before dying of AIDS in 1995.| Refreshments
A recording from Lizzie Simon's live video| Refreshments
A new documentary, now in theaters, takes a thorough, artful look at the life and work of Meredith Monk.| lizziesimon.substack.com
Give Why no-one knows what’s happening tonight, Gabe Kahane’s feature in the Atlantic about the disappearance on listings, a read.| Refreshments
While I figure out how to hold on to a rope for long enough to have a graceful swing from a tree into Dyer Pond, I’ll share this week’s letter from my cousin Jack Bernstein, a screenwriter whose credits include the legendary comedy Ace Venture Pet Detective| lizziesimon.substack.com
Life & Arts served cozy on a tray by Lizzie Simon (author of DETOUR, former WSJ Theater Columnist, screenwriter and travel writer.)| lizziesimon.substack.com
A jewel box of smart, refreshing gems for grown-ups: part personal essay, part writerly wisdom, part cultural mixtape. Assiduously assembled by Lizzie Simon—author of DETOUR (Atria Books) and former WSJ arts columnist.| lizziesimon.substack.com
My kids’ elementary school has a therapist who has sessions with kids during the school day and after.| Refreshments
Recently the brilliant memoirist Deborah Taffa visited with me and my students and amongst the many gems she laid out before us was the idea that a memoir process could start off like this: imagine that your best friend has died.| lizziesimon.substack.com
