Miranda July has published her first book, No One Belongs Here More Than You. Please read it. Please please.

WHAT I LIKE TO DO IN THE MORNING


I like to get up and create objects of great beauty
It's the funnest thing I can think of to do

One morning I created a seahorse
using only my brain
and some discarded Chinese take-out cartons

Removing my brain was surprisingly easy
Keeping it alive for the duration of the exhibit proved more difficult
and ultimately failed

Nevertheless the project won several awards

If you've been wanting to read a good book, the book you've been looking for is The End of Vandalism by Tom Drury. Funny and sad. (That's about as extensive a book review as you're ever going to get from me.) Okay, okay, I'll add more. It sort of reminded me of the movie Junebug. Not in any of the specifics, just the overall tone or mood or whatever.