Rules for life writing: Get a life. Pay attention. Find a favorable form. Then what?
YOU WANT ME TO WANT TO?
July 17, 2024 by
In Patrick DeWitt’s novel French Exit, the mom asks her thirty-two year old son to get something for her. “Please bring me my cup.” “I will if you want me to.” “I want you to want to.” And he obeys. So I ask . . .