Daikon, Rats, and Carrot — Shotei Takahashi

Daikon, Rats, and Carrot, 1930 by Shotei Takahashi (1871-1945)

Too late to be any of the things I never wanted to be | William Gaddis

From “How Writers Live Today,” and article curated by Tom Jenks in the August, 1985 “Summer Reading” issue of Esquire.

The article also features Joy Williams, Gordon Lish, Tom Wolfe, Annie Dillard, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, and many, many other writers. Gaddis got the last word though.

Thonet — Cinta Vidal

Thonet by Cinta Vidal (b. 1979)