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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.
Happy to Help, Filterworld, Stuck, and Everything is Tuberculosis
Haven’t done one of these in a loooooong while! Here’s a roundup of nonfiction I’ve read lately. Some of these I’ve read with an eye toward my own writing (style, subject, etc.), some were just for fun.
John Green Should Have Consulted Me
You know, I’m reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. And it’s as fascinating and engrossing as everyone — including Ann Patchett — says. I’ll include some notes on it in a nonfiction roundup, which I haven’t done for ages. I will!
