Consonants and vowels about Sarah Vowell...

Ask Sarah Vowell a simple question -- like, say, "What turned you into the kind of person who would immerse yourself in the writings of 17th-century New England Puritans and write a book about them?" -- and within five minutes she's telling you about the time she became a human paintbrush in a piece of performance art.


From Then Meditation: For Sarah Vowell, the Past and Present Are Always in the Picture in Wednesday's Washington Post.