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  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

    The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

    The Nickel Boys is a book I finished after midnight. It’s the type of book you read until you finish, even when that means having…

  • Nighttime heavens.

    Nighttime heavens.

    Night has been on my mind. I think it’s been making me sensitive to its reference in my reading because it does seem to be…

  • House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

    House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

    This book was written 40 years ago, is explicitly current, and serves as a reminder that there have been women with the ability to put…

  • Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor

    Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor

    Rememberings is Sinéad O’Connor’s memoir. I don’t listen to many audiobooks. When I do, it is because it is narrated by the author. This one…

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I’m a midwestern person. Parent to a mild and wily teenager and too much dog for our small house. I garden in tie-dye and keep a canvas tent in my yard just because. My spouse and I have built a teensy home in a very big field and we plant flowers, chat over bonfires no matter the temperature, and watch Bob’s Burgers together.