WOC190 — Library — Austin Woerner's Memory Palace

Poems that capture moments

A collection of poems that vividly capture moments in time.

poems-momentsAustin WoernerDecember 7, 2022WOC190

Excerpts from the book I Remember, in which painter and poet Joe Brainard recalls his childhood in a series of brief vignettes, each of which begins with the words “I Remember.”

joe-brainard-i-rememberAustin WoernerNovember 30, 2020WOC190

Joseph Mitchell, "The Old House at Home"

Joseph Mitchell’s classic piece of literary journalism, published in 1940, paints a vivid portrait of a neighborhood saloon in New York’s Lower East Side.

mitchell-old-house-at-homAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Joseph Mitchell, Writing about places, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, WOC190

盛可以，《怀乡书》

A book of illustrated miniature essays, each about an object or practice related to life in a rural village.

sheng-keyi-huai-xiang-shuAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Sheng Keyi 盛可以, Writing about objects, Chinese, WOC190

Susan Orlean, "Shortcuts"

Journalist Susan Orlean paints a portrait of her neighborhood hair salon.

susan-orlean-shortcutsAustin WoernerOctober 31, 2019Susan Orlean, Creative Nonfiction, Literary journalism, Writing about places, Character profiles, WOC190

E. B. White, "Here is New York"

E. B. White’s classic essay published in 1948, one of the most famous literary essays about New York City.

white-here-is-new-yorkAustin WoernerOctober 31, 2019Literary journalism, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Writing about places, WOC190

张爱玲，《公寓生活记趣》

Eileen Chang on the pleasures of apartment living. A lesser-known personal essay by the famous author, set during wartime Shanghai.

eileen-chang-gongyu-shengAustin WoernerOctober 19, 2019Annotated edition, Eileen Chang 张爱玲, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about places, Chinese, WOC190

William Blake, "The Proverbs of Hell" (excerpts)

English Romantic poet William Blake imagines: What if Hell were not a place of evil and punishment, but a country like any other? These proverbs, collected by an imaginary traveler journeying through the land of Hell, are imagined to reflect the culture and values of the people of Hell — though their meaning is cryptic and ambiguous.

blake-proverbs-of-hellAustin WoernerSeptember 15, 2019WOC190