BYLINES
In addition to writing about books regularly on my blog, my byline has appeared in the following places:
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In addition to writing about books regularly on my blog, my byline has appeared in the following places:
The Sudbury Town Crier
“Having an author drop in to your meeting takes your gathering to a new level: It allows you to get answers and insights to very specific questions, and hey, it might give you the extra nudge to make sure you actually finish the book..”
The Sudbury Town Crier
“...I’m more of a ‘mountain person,’ so I’ve decided to coin the phrase ‘Mountain Reads.’ These books might still be relatively fun and breezy — I mean you’re presumably on vacation after all — but Mountain Reads require just the tiniest bit more effort than a traditional beach read.”
The Sudbury Town Crier
For Library Lovers’ Month, a heart-shaped letter to all the libraries I’ve loved before.
The Sudbury Town Crier
For Library Lovers’ Month, a heart-shaped letter to all the libraries I’ve loved before.
Literary Boston
Challenging what a “book event” might look like, published in Literary Boston (formerly known as Boston Book Blog), the hub of Boston’s literary community.
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The Boston Globe
A serendipitous encounter with a home on stilts in the Hollywood Hills for “My First Home,” formerly a longstanding column in The Boston Globe.
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The Curator
An exploration of Irish author Roddy Doyle’s work, in-group communication styles, and now-ubiquitous emojis.
Read Here or at CuratorMagazine.com
Dublin Review of Books
An exploration of Irish author Roddy Doyle’s work, in-group communication styles, and now-ubiquitous emojis.
The Curator
An exploration of personal storytelling using Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior as a framing device.
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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 Curator
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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The Curator
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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The Curator
How social media might have changed a later version of Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye.
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