Dressing the Part
This post was inspired by The Dinner, a novel by Herman Koch. Two brothers and their wives sit down for a tension filled dinner to discuss a tragedy that can change both families’ lives forever. […]
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Once, I was a pawn. It sucked.
When I was twenty-three, I dated a former high-school football star. It was, I think, one of the most fucked-up things I’ve ever done, reliving as a sort-of adult the adolescence I hadn’t taken advantage […]
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, by Anthony Marra
The balance I strike between crafting and reading is a zero-sum game. I’ve learned there’s no use wishing it weren’t. I’ve been knitting and sewing and gardening a lot over the last few months, and […]
Book Club Thoughts: Saturday Night Widows, by Becky Aikman
AKA Wherein I Bury the Lede. Read: Some hint of news, below! After passing on most of the recent selections of the From Left to Write book club I joined a while ago, I surprised […]
It’s Heavy, It’s Light: Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
I once had a very good friend. This very good friend, it turned out, wasn’t who I’d thought she was. My discovery of this pesky detail – of her lies and deceptions and manipulations – […]
This Book Made My Head Spin: I Am Forbidden
During the rut race, one of the things I focused on but didn’t write about was that I joined the online book club From Left to Write, inspired by reconnecting with an old friend. I […]
