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Tag Archives: upper middle class
What Do You Notice? II
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, A few days ago you posted a piece entitled “What do you notice“? in reference to the Alexander Technique. I couldn’t help but be struck by the similarities I encountered describing the Zen Buddhist practice … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Rabbs
Tagged Alexander Technique, buddhist practice, orthodox jews, uneasy truce, upper middle class, zen buddhist
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Social Class Anxiety
I’m curious about markers for social class in the United States. What I am not talking about is money. I know there are rich and poor. I’m interested in figuring out behavior and cataloguing it as low class, middle class … Continue reading
Posted in Class
Tagged budweiser beer, cathy seipp, class values, crack cocaine, environmental causes, martinis, national public radio, neiman marcus, old cadillac, trailer home, upper middle class, vacations hawaii, volvo ford
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‘Sima’s Undergarments For Women’
I read this new novel straight through last Shabbat. I loved its story about an old life redeemed by a beautiful girl. I interviewed the author, Ilana Stanger-Ross, on March 19. Luke: "When you were a child, what did you … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Literature
Tagged career ambitions, Facebook, high school friends, israeli girl, new novel, shabbat, sima, sound of falling rain, stanger, upper middle class
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For Love Or Money?
I just interviewed Suzanne Guillette about her new book, Much to Your Chagrin: A Memoir of Embarrassment. It’s about a young woman who desperately wants to publish a book to establish herself as a writer and justify her expensive MFA. … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Sex
Tagged abby ellin, ann curry, jessica grose, middle class backgrounds, tool belts, upper middle class
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From ’68 agitator to staunch supporter of George W Bush’s Iraq war
Alexander Linklater writes: For most of his 40-year career, Christopher Hitchens’s notoriety has been confined to highbrow journalistic, literary and political circles. In the last 15 years, he has been familiar to readers of Vanity Fair and the Atlantic, and … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Hitchens
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, class englishman, elgin marbles, first occasion, george orwell, george w bush, henry kissinger, household name, minority reports, outrageous things, political circles, political journey, princess diana, shock troop, simpering, specialist audience, target, thomas paine, upper middle class, vanity fair
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