I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care. Hanya Yanagihara caretroubleurgent Change image and share on social
Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping. Hanya Yanagihara amazecoolfood Change image and share on social
Florence is perhaps best known for being the seat of Renaissance art, and rightly so: A greatest-hits collection of artists passed through its streets - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi among them. Hanya Yanagihara artartistbotticelli share on social
Sometimes, of course, there's no quick way to make it through immigration: Different airports have gluts of incoming flights at different times of day, and short of rearranging your flight schedule to ensure you'll land at a low-traffic hour, there's nothing you can do. Hanya Yanagihara airportdayensure share on social
Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party. Hanya Yanagihara celebratecodifyfriendship Change image and share on social
In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's. Hanya Yanagihara adulthoodbasicdefine share on social
Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were. Hanya Yanagihara bankbuycapital Change image and share on social
Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want. Hanya Yanagihara businesscompletelydepend Change image and share on social
Photography is always a kind of stealing. A theft from the subject. Artists are assaulters in a lot of ways, and the viewer is complicit in that assault. Hanya Yanagihara artistassaultassaulter Change image and share on social
My father was a research doctor at the National Institutes of Health in the early 1980s, and you couldn't work in the field and not know about D. Carleton Gajdusek, who my father often mentioned. Hanya Yanagihara 1980scarletondoctor Change image and share on social