ESSAY: A Few of My Favorite Things
Laura Albert takes us on a video tour of her mantelpiece, featuring her Archie membership card, family photos, and Deadwood paraphernalia
My mother detested tchotchkes (knick-knacks); they were only more crap needing to be dusted, which took time from what she had to do: write. She did not dust.
In 1976, when I was 11, she entered a wri…
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