{"id":233,"date":"2018-11-03T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatll-i-do.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-11-03T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T15:01:09","slug":"new-essay-instructions-for-losing-your-mind-now-up-at-cosmonauts-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatll-i-do.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"New Essay, “Instructions for Losing Your Mind” now up at Cosmonauts Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the heyday of his collection going home for a visit was like living inside a used bookstore curated by someone who loved you, who\u2019d shaped your sensibilities and sense of humor through dinner table puns and drinking-song lullabies, who\u2019d taken you on walks when you were sad or anxious for some forgotten teenage reason.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have a new, very personal essay up at the wonderful Cosmonauts Avenue<\/a> this week. I\u2019m excited this story has finally found a home but my excitement is also bittersweet. This piece has been through many revisions over the past few years as I tried to capture the anxiety, denial, and helplessness we all felt in the years leading up to my dad\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s diagnosis.<\/p>\n

It’s also a love story about books as artifacts, as talismans, and the way my dad’s love of books and reading has informed, and still informs, our relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the heyday of his collection going home for a visit was like living inside a used bookstore curated by someone who loved you, who\u2019d shaped your sensibilities and sense … <\/p>\n

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