My in-laws’ house is more than 115 years old, and when clearing out a newly discovered room in their basement—I think they knocked down a wall for some reason involving the heating system—they came across a stack of newspapers from 1912. In one edition, there was a full-page cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt as Icarus, his wings melting in the heat of a diabolically grinning sun. It’s framed and hangs in a guest bathroom, and it is my favorite item in their home. The idea of Roosevelt appeals to me, all excitedness and curiosity, almost-foolishness. I plan to read Edmund Morris’s trilogy—included in this week’s Brieflier Noted—once I have the time. Which I realize is a caveat Roosevelt never would have allowed.
Bully!
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I’m the deputy managing editor at strategy + business, a freelance editor at Belt, and the former web manager at The New Yorker. My writing and editing also has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent, the Observer, the Rumpus, the Cleveland Clinic Press, and Northern Ohio Live. Additionally, I was a founding team member of Maven, a healthcare app for women. I live in Brooklyn with my husband, the musician and writer Mike Errico, and our daughter. Follow me @sally_errico. View more posts