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Since 2012, I’ve been writing about books. And the act of reading. And the importance of story and narrative. But, mostly, the underlying theme of all I write is how taking a moment to stop and digest some longform text — instead of scrolling, instead of watching a video, instead of multitasking — can be one of the most grounding things we can do for ourselves. Here’s the one-stop online home for all this writing.

You can read more about me and my work by moseying over here. Want to peruse periodic “essay drops” — excerpts from my work-in-progress essay collection about Homesickness? Here ya go.

50 Book Recommendations on the Occasion of the Big 5-0
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50 Book Recommendations on the Occasion of the Big 5-0

Hi!!! Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? This is me with what I guess is a maraca, but it sort of reads like a drumstick too. So, if you like turkey (I do not), maybe you can grab a drumstick and party hearty/hardy while drooling later this weekend. ‘Tis the season! (Guess I was teething, and yes, I also had some big-time allergies when I was little. But the ruddy cheeks just add to the whole enthusiastically disheveled look.)

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Surrounded by Books: The Victory Book Campaign
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Surrounded by Books: The Victory Book Campaign

The other day I posted some stories wherein I made brief mention of moving into our house — which *also* means eventually getting all our books out of storage and onto this beaut of a book wall — and included this pic with some text like “Me being distracted by unpacking my books.” Which is very true because packing or unpacking usually results in me reading my 4th grade journal, playing around with (re)discovered drum sticks, and laughing/getting mushy over some of our kids’ old school work. (One favorite = daughter’s 2nd grade story “Pick Me Out of Sixty” which boasts the first line “Stacey is getting lonely and bored in prison.”)

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The Correspondent
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The Correspondent

Last year, I posted about the novel Summerwater and how I felt like Sarah Moss employed the theme of “surprise.” (And also that I on occasion have kept a “surprise” journal.) Here’s what has turned into one of the most ~surprising~ novels of 2025. I was first introduced to The Correspondent by Virginia Evans from my friend because she had been given a copy soon after it was published by someone who is mentioned in the acknowledgements. (Hi, Margaret Ann, if you see this.)

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