Back in 2011 I wrote a piece reflecting on the seasons. The recording featured close to 40 great musicians, notably the great violinist Mark Fewer. In welcoming Spring I'll post a link to the piece here. Spring is the first season. Enjoy. https://t.co/e8m3xzRo5w

— Phil Dwyer C.M., J.D. (@PhilipRDwyer) March 21, 2019

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Finally got to write about Tony Hoagland, the late, great, controversial, and very funny American poet. https://t.co/dS5mxDIbmH

— Ian Brown (@BrownoftheGlobe) February 3, 2019

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Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more https://t.co/CD6hRVj0LR

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) February 3, 2019

“My Life” by Anton Chekhov (1896). This is Chekhov’s longest short story and one of the very few he wrote in the first-person singular. It’s the autobiography of a young man in provincial Russia struggling to live up to his lofty ideals and being brought down by life’s random contingencies. I actually adapted “My Life” for a play and know it intimately. If you could only read a single Chekhov story then this is the one: all his gifts and genius – the wry, dark comedy of his voice, his unique angle on the human condition, his refusal to judge – are contained in it. William Boyd

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