Why do we love the way autumn smells? It’s not about pumpkin spice
There’s something about the scent of fall that people clearly want to capture and remember.
Fallik left full-time reporting in 2007. Her freelance work has appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Neurology Today, Poynter Institute and others. Fallik has written a series of author Q and As for the Inquirer, including Louise Erdrich, Diane Rehm, Erik Larson, Ann Patchett, and Wally Lamb. Her favorite interview was with “Little Life” author Hanya Yanagihara, who talked about the American “tyranny of happiness.” Asked if she, herself, was happy, Yanagihara replied, “I’m content, and that’s sometimes.”
There’s something about the scent of fall that people clearly want to capture and remember.
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