“Subjectivity is my middle name, a trick memory is my pack mule, and self-contradiction is my trusty old jackknife.” SelfNamesMemoriesMiddleTricksContradictionPacksSubjectivityMules Author:Luc Sante
“Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly featured in movies and novels and suchlike. Criminals and persons loitering with and without intent hold a crucial place in the culture. For obvious reasons, the culture cannot endorse this behavior, even as it is in thrall to it.” PersonsSelfReasonCultureNovelEssentialsBehaviorProjectsObviousCriminalsCrucialLinkedReinventionTropes Author:Luc Sante
