Here are the books being released in 2016 (that I know about) I am most excited and interested about. Which titles are you most looking forward to?… Read more “2016 Books”
Category: Bookish Stuff
2015 Books Still to Read
I read a lot of books in 2015, but there were still plenty of titles last year I missed. Here are the ones I hope to catch… Read more “2015 Books Still to Read”
Books I Read in 2015
Here’s every book I read in 2015. An * designates a book I had read previously but reread in 2015. NonfictionReeling Through Life: How I Learned to… Read more “Books I Read in 2015”
Childhood and Mortality in Two Very Different Books
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the way childhood memories tease and flirt with our sense of mortality. I’ve read two books recently that speak to… Read more “Childhood and Mortality in Two Very Different Books”
Poetry Matters.
The first writing I ever did was poetry. My sister moved away to college as I was beginning sixth grade, and for some silly reason left her… Read more “Poetry Matters.”
Yearly, Down this Hill: A Love Note to Edna St. Vincent Millay
To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I… Read more “Yearly, Down this Hill: A Love Note to Edna St. Vincent Millay”
On Building Shelves and a Life of Reading
Friday afternoon is winding down as I write this. Ohio is slated for snow tomorrow; not enough to get Boston worked up, but enough to send kids running… Read more “On Building Shelves and a Life of Reading”
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