How to Be a Man


I first noticed Thomas Beller when his excellent essay "Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man" was published in a book calledhowtobeaman The Art of the Essay. It's an engrossing account of being adopted into one of those jobs (in this case, a bagel shop in New York) that somehow goes hand-in-hand with a stage of your life. He appears to have revised the ending (or at least the last line) a few times, and I actually don't recommend reading the version posted online. Instead, get his collection of essays...

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Published on October 20, 2009 13:03
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