Author: Brianna Goldberg

Things I’m Worried I Might Say To Michael Chabon Tonight

Brianna Goldberg

… if I happen to accidentally-on-purpose meet him, when I see him speak at the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront.

Chabon

1. I LOVE YOU! Oh wait, I mean, like, I’m actually in a pretty committed relationship, I’m not sure why I threw panties at you. I just meant that YOUR BOOKS [SIC] IS THE BEST THINGS I’VE EVER READ and they make me want to snuggle you under a blanket and caress your wayward hair.

2. So. I’m really into carrot juice right now. What do you think about that?

3. I have always wondered what you smelled like. Now I know.

4. What advice do you have for a young writer NOWADAYS?

5. I don’t speak English?

Brianna Goldberg

newyorker:

“I don’t look for these notes,” the Japanese-born, New York-based photographer Hiroyuki Ito told me. “Rather they find me.”

In his forays throughout the city, Ito is constantly on the lookout for those quiet, yet quintessentially New York images—serendipitous, a bit dark, and suggestive of secrets. Among his findings has been this series of notes, photographed as he found them. “They don’t mean much to me, since none of them were addressed to me,” he said, but still, “they tickle my imagination.” This is in part, he explains, because there is no guarantee that they were not intended for him. “The city is full of people whose potentials are never fully articulated and soon to be forgotten.”

Click-through to see a slideshow of Ito’s photographs.