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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.
St. Patrick’s Day with Roddy Doyle
“If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.” – Roddy Doyle
On Doyle’s Dialogue
The Curator
An exploration of Irish author Roddy Doyle’s work, in-group communication styles, and now-ubiquitous emojis.
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Stories for Social Change in ‘Flight Behavior’ and ‘The Line
The Curator
An exploration of personal storytelling using Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior as a framing device.
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Ambiance: Where Details are Everything,
The Curator
The importance of setting — and when to generalize and when to particularize, using my experience in an international book club and its selection of the novel The Yacoubian Building (Alaa Al Aswany) as a starting point.
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The Sense of Redemption
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How important is “redemption” in a novel — or a life? An exploration of redemption and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
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And Then Came Sebastian Barry
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Can language – our lives – instead of an actual event, stir up as much emotion in one’s soul? Is it the plot, or is it the words? My encounter with Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry.
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Cat’s Eye
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How social media might have changed a later version of Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye.
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