As a teen, Alicia Keys lived in a small apartment in Hell's Kitchen; her mother worked nights and urged her to stay in. But Keys would sneak out to listen to music.
Keys's breakout song--"Fallin'"--uses a simple metaphor for ambivalence. To feel unsure about another person is to "fall," continuously; you're always stumbling. Keys acknowledges that she is a fool, but she can't change her behavior. "Loving you, darling, makes me so confused...."
I think it would be almost impossible not to see bits of your own character in Keys's honest self-portrait; it's not a shock that this song launched a major career.
OK, the Washington Post listed its books of the year--and I beg to differ. I'm just including some titles, here, that I'd love to see on the "Best in Show" stage. I'm rooting for you, Phillip Lopate.
"Homegrown," by Jeffrey Toobin
"Unscripted," by Stewart/Abrams
"Impossible People," by Julia Wertz
"Waco," by Jeff Guinn
"I Must Be Dreaming," by Roz Chast
"A Year and a Day," by Phillip Lopate
"The Upstairs Delicatessen," by Dwight Gardner
"Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek," by Thea Glassman
"A Thread of Violence," by Mark O'Connell
Fiction:
"The Skull," by Jon Klassen
"Past Lying," by Val McDermid
"Small World," by Laura Zigman
"The Christmas Guest," by Peter Swanson
"Games and Rituals," by Katherine Heiny
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