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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.
The Most Carol Shields Day Ever?
Dublin Book Festival shared a fun blog post earlier this week as a lead-up to one of their events with an Irish musician who just published a book. (No, not that one — geez.) It was just a quick, whimsical read about five songs that were inspired by books, and of course one of them was Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush. I hadn’t heard that song in a while, so pulled it up on Spotify, and then spent the next 10 minutes Googling Kate Bush. And then I learned that there is a “holiday” called The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, wherein people around the world reenact Bush’s video. WHAT! (Check out this Guardian pic of this day in 2018 in Sydney.)
