And this grey spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
          (from "Ulysses," Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Call me an empty ship, and outward-bound.
                   (from Moby-Dick, Herman Melville)
February 14th
22:03
Via
newyorker:

The Rumpus’s Dear Sugar columnist has revealed her true identity. The story, and an interview, on our Book Bench blog: http://nyr.kr/xUZcNW

I’ve been waiting all day for this. :)

newyorker:

The Rumpus’s Dear Sugar columnist has revealed her true identity. The story, and an interview, on our Book Bench blog: http://nyr.kr/xUZcNW

I’ve been waiting all day for this. :)

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    Ladies and gentleman:...is out! Your humble tumblrer, a Sugar-fan, was very surprised to...
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    Todo esse tempo fiquei falando da Sugar,...isso, Sugar aquilo, Sugar me ajuda a viver. Mas...
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    This makes me happy beyond words. Now that I know, I am going to purchase her memoir to read on the flight to Chicago.
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    I love Dear Sugar but have mixed feelings about her no longer being anonymous.
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    I accidentally found out that Cheryl Strayed is...a few months ago, but this is different....
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    So happy to have a face...name to go with the lovely column that is Dear Sugar.
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    I take pride in having kept this secret for a year-and-a-half, because I am otherwise a big yenta.