Kate Gavino is the creator of the blog and book, Last Night's Reading. Her work has been featured in Buzzfeed, The Guardian, O Magazine, Rookie, the Paris Review Daily, and Brooklyn Magazine.
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“Où est ma nounou?”: What It’s Like Nannying in Paris
His mother said to me, “French mothers can be wild. That one in particular is a monster.”
Learning to Live in France With(out) The Nose Wrinkle
My relationship with my French teachers became more like the ones I had with my therapists: I desperately wanted them to like me.
Living in Paris, I’m Just Another American—and the French Don’t Seem to Mind
My life as an American in Paris is a far cry from what the glamorous direct-to-DVD movies make it out to be. Still, that’s the story I tell.
More in this series
Enter the Mars Volta
“Omar and Cedric turned center stage into a two-man prog version of Soul Train.”
It’s Okay to Be a Lot: On Watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
“This is what being obsessed is: It is making a huge production in your mind.”
‘The Shining,’ Domestic Violence, and the Architecture of Horror
“Horror isn’t in the gothic and ghostly, but in the people we’re taught to love. Horror is close to home.”
