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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 English Understand Wool
My brain space is [this small] these days. A long time ago I requested The English Understand Wool, a 69-page novella by Helen DeWitt, part of a series of bite-sized books by Storybook ND — a division of New Directions Publishing. The tagline? “The pleasure one felt as a child of reading a marvelous book from cover to cover in an afternoon.” Guess I was really prescient months ago when I clicked that “request” box on the library site because not only is that my speed these days…it also sounds completely delightful. (The Los Angeles Times has called this series “highbrow pocket books.”)
