McSweeney’s: Dispatch #14 From Adjunct Faculty at a Large State University
D I S P A T C H 14
On Apophasis.
By Oronte Churm
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I would handily commit 3,300 acts of artistic capitulation to keep my dog in Purina.
—Tom McGuane
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In quiet moments, alone, we take our seats in the theaters of the mind and stage our fondest wishes. “Gee, this isn’t like I imagined it would be in the bathtub,” said Dianne Wiest in her acceptance speech at the Oscars. Exactly right. You can bet Sally Field whispered to a bar of soap, “I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!” long before the sentiment slipped out to millions.
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