READ ALL ABOUT IT
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 Nickel Boys
Wow.
How to Be an Antiracist
Listen, there is *so much* info and analysis out there about Ibram X. Kendi’s book How to Be an Antiracist. There’s praise, there’s criticism…you can find (and then digest) that all for yourself. What I want to talk about, though, is how skilled Kendi is at presenting a new idea, albeit one that *seems* so subtle that you might think he’s merely parsing words.
