What Is the Antonym of Curiosity?
Musings + Essays
An essay on creativity versus fear, or torpor -- and some related thoughts on Elizabeth…
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A Different Way to Read the Iliad.
Musings + Essays
Musings on readership inspired by a poem by Winifred Welles.
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Weekend Vibes, Edition No. 260: Castles of Possibility.
Musings + Essays
Musings on texts as a way to "build castles of possibility" -- plus my latest…
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Children’s Books We’re Loving.
Motherhood
A roundup of favorite children's books at the moment.
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4 Books Easing Me Out of My Reading Hiatus.
Book Club
Sharing four books I cannot wait to read this fall that are bound to ease…
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Our Current Favorite Children’s Books.
Motherhood
A roundup of our current favorite children's books!
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On Loosening Expectations.
Musings + Essays
Musings on loosening expectations in the face of a frenzied, heavy-on-the-vine phase of life.
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Eunoia.
Musings + Essays
Musings on the concept of eunoia, Greek for friendship and goodwill between a speaker and…
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Magpie Book Club: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Book Club
A book review of Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara and the Sun" -- what did you think?
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Magpie Book Club: Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth.
Book Club
A review of Ann Patchett's exceptional novel, Commonwealth. Spoiler alert: it was superb.
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The English Discipline and the Great “Or Maybes.”
Featured
Musings on selecting English as a college major, and how that decision has permeated my…
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Magpie Book Club: No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood.
Book Club
A roundup of recently-read books, including Patricia Lockwood's "No One Is Talking about This."
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