Lucy Silag On Not Gossiping in Salon (Psst: Jane Smiley's Kid)

Salon offers a rather flat little piece about gossiping by Lucy Silag and how she gave it up. She poses the question:

Which is worse? I asked myself. To be boring or to be catty? And we all know the answer to that one.

She manages to be both. And the weird part is that her mother, novelist Jane Smlley, encouraged gossiping, saying

it makes you feel like part of a community, and less lonely, even if what you are doing is pointing out how alienating other people are.

So,

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