Melissa Kirsch

And it seems sort of like that's what you do when you're reading and when you're keeping your commonplace book. You're sort of taking notes on how to live. Do you think that way when you're reading, that you're getting instructions?

And it seems sort of like that's what you do when you're reading and when you're keeping your commonplace book. You're sort of taking notes on how to live. Do you think that way when you're reading, that you're getting instructions?

Mm-hmm. Can we hear another one?

Mm-hmm. Can we hear another one?

Did it strike you while you were reading the Salman Rushdie book that, like, because his sense of humor was intact, like, his vitality was intact?

Did it strike you while you were reading the Salman Rushdie book that, like, because his sense of humor was intact, like, his vitality was intact?

All right, let's hear another one.

All right, let's hear another one.

Okay, Dwight, can you explain to me what any of that means?

Okay, Dwight, can you explain to me what any of that means?

There is something pleasurable about spending time in that sort of like in an unfamiliar world and steeping oneself in the lingo of that world.

There is something pleasurable about spending time in that sort of like in an unfamiliar world and steeping oneself in the lingo of that world.

Dwight, this has been fascinating. Thank you for letting us peer inside your commonplace book.

Dwight, this has been fascinating. Thank you for letting us peer inside your commonplace book.

Today's episode was produced by Tina Antolini and Alex Barron, with help from Kate Lopresti. It was edited by Wendy Dorr, with production support by Franny Carr-Toth, and original music by Diane Wong, Marion Lozano, and Dan Powell. It was engineered by Daniel Ramirez.

Today's episode was produced by Tina Antolini and Alex Barron, with help from Kate Lopresti. It was edited by Wendy Dorr, with production support by Franny Carr-Toth, and original music by Diane Wong, Marion Lozano, and Dan Powell. It was engineered by Daniel Ramirez.

Special thanks to Sam Sifton, Tina Jordan, Lauren Manley, Alicia Baetup, Sarah Curtis, John White, Elissa Dudley, Olivia Waite, Paula Schumann, and Sam Dolmick. That's it for The Daily. I'm Melissa Kirsch. Thanks for listening.

Special thanks to Sam Sifton, Tina Jordan, Lauren Manley, Alicia Baetup, Sarah Curtis, John White, Elissa Dudley, Olivia Waite, Paula Schumann, and Sam Dolmick. That's it for The Daily. I'm Melissa Kirsch. Thanks for listening.

From the New York Times, this is The Daily. I'm Melissa Kirsch, Deputy Editor of Culture and Lifestyle. As we close out 2024, I'm talking with my colleagues around the newsroom about what they watched and listened to and read this year. about the things they loved and the things they didn't love. Today, pop music critics John Pirellis, John Karamonica, and Lindsay Zolatz on The Year in Music.

From the New York Times, this is The Daily. I'm Melissa Kirsch, Deputy Editor of Culture and Lifestyle. As we close out 2024, I'm talking with my colleagues around the newsroom about what they watched and listened to and read this year. about the things they loved and the things they didn't love. Today, pop music critics John Pirellis, John Karamonica, and Lindsay Zolatz on The Year in Music.