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Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum
American Author
Born: 1970
About Me People Think Writing You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell. Meghan Daum
Saying Young Joan Joni Mitchell Like Singer-Songwriter Female Mitchell Essayist Influenced
I loved Woody Allen's short pieces. I was equally influenced by Woody Allen and Norman Mailer. I was very into this idea of being high-low, of being serious and intellectual but also making really broad jokes. Meghan Daum
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Obviously, nobody chooses not to have kids because they'd rather sleep in late. It's a very visceral decision, and it's a complicated decision. Meghan Daum
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It was a challenge for me to do a plot because I'd been an essayist and a journalist. I had to be vigilant about moving things along and being entertaining. Meghan Daum
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I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot. Meghan Daum
Work Alexander About Like Lot Loved
If anything, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy. Meghan Daum
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When there's so much choice, it can get overwhelming and it's hard to make a choice. Meghan Daum
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The first person is a tradition I relate to and that I use; historically, it's been the voice I work in. But the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I'm referred to as a 'confessional' writer. Meghan Daum
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For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked. Meghan Daum
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Because of social media, we have a lot of personal essays floating around; you see them on Facebook: everyone's either reading them or writing them. Some of them are great; some of them are diary entries put forth as essays. Meghan Daum
Great You Facebook Writing Social Media Reading Everyone See Some Put Because Around Diary Lot Personal Essays Either Social Them Forth Floating Media
As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence. Meghan Daum
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Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get. Meghan Daum
Yourself Healthy Sweet Older Kind Finding Fondness Tends Between Come Self-Esteem Spot Get Harder
I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.' Meghan Daum
Memory Political College Back Distinct Everywhere Correctness About Dating Term New Talking Around Mates Political Correctness Up Sitting Dorm Popping
Each year, in my quaint efforts to send out paper holiday cards with personal messages, I probably discard one for every three I actually manage to put in the mail. The reason is that my handwriting is now less legible than it was when I was in the second grade. Meghan Daum
Three Year Every Paper Out Mail Put Quaint Discard Messages Than Efforts Grade Manage Personal Send Handwriting Legible Holiday Less Reason Each Now Each Year Actually Second Cards
Old-fashioned girl that I am, I still have a landline, though it rarely rings - and when it does, especially without warning, there's rarely anything good on the other end. Meghan Daum
Good Girl Other Though Rings Rarely Without Does Am Still End Anything Warning Old-Fashioned
The reason it was so bruising when someone said I was from a rich family is that, like many of us, I'm deeply invested - probably overly so - in the myth of my own self-creation. I like to believe that I got where I am, such as it is, by working hard and charting my own course. Meghan Daum
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Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing. Meghan Daum
Social Media Reputation Despite Feeds Self-Loathing Ultimate Social Agent Media Actually
Quitting Facebook would be like partially erasing myself. Quitting Twitter would constitute further erasure. Pretty soon, I'd be invisible. I was never on Instagram or Tumblr, which I guess means I never completely existed in the first place. Meghan Daum
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L.A. is a constellation of microclimates and microcosms, a library with dozens of special collections. A 20-minute drive can bring a temperature change of 15 degrees. Crossing an intersection can feel like crossing a national border. Meghan Daum
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Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity. Meghan Daum
Language Fluidity Lies Magic Course Much
For my part, if I'm working while flying, I'm often a bit relieved to be forced to shut down the computer on final descent. But I guess I'm a slacker. Meghan Daum
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Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on. Meghan Daum
Too Air Sign Carry Bags Course Hubris Famous Use Many Travelers
The search for happiness has long been a dominant feature of American life. It's a byproduct of prosperity, not to mention the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence. Meghan Daum
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You don't realize how much a dog's presence defines the contours of your home until, in its absence, the walls seem to relocate themselves. Meghan Daum
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There's a particular kind of single woman whose relationship with her dog has a level of intensity and affection that may be both the cause and the result of her singleness. For a long time, I was that woman. Meghan Daum
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When I talk to students or young writers about the importance of being unafraid to take controversial positions, I'm struck by the degree to which they can't entertain a thought, much less commit one to paper, without imagining the cacophony of snark they'll get in response. Meghan Daum
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