An Ode to Writing Odes
When the universe gives you a gift, send a thank-you note.
by James Parker
May 12, 2023
2 minutes
This wasn’t my idea.
When my editors, back in the sweet, untroubled summer of 2019, took me out to lunch and suggested that I start doing something regularly on the inside back page of the magazine, I said: “Sure thing. Why don’t we call it ‘The Riff’? Or ‘The Zoom-In’?”
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