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Pub date update!

April 24, 2020

Some news! I was wondering if my October 2020 pub date would be pushed back, given … everything. Instead it’s being pushed up. Clutter: An Untidy History will be out Sept. 1 from Belt Publishing & Belt Magazine. Pre-order it directly from Belt and help support great indie publishing. 

Six Feet of Separation

March 22, 2020

Zoom and gloom, hand-washing, and hope, a k a I wrote a newsletter this week, in spite of everything. Be well, all!

Walkabouts

December 1, 2019

I’ve been remiss about posting links to my newsletter here. In the latest edition, out today, I have some advice: Get out and take a walk if you can. Trust me, it will help. This week’s newsletter guest-stars Hamish, who hails from Port Appin, a Scottish hamlet where I had the best mussels I’ve ever… Continue reading »

Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” Comes Alive at the Library of Congress

October 30, 2018

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s classic “Frankenstein,” a novel that its creator probably didn’t know would keep its grip on our imaginations for two centuries. To celebrate, the Library of Congress is hosting an all-day marathon reading of the novel in the Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building. It’s… Continue reading »

Deep Reading Is Good for You! (But It’s Harder Than It Used to Be)

October 5, 2018

The ability to re-read long novels might not seem directly relevant to our current political dysfunction, but neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf (Proust and the Squid) makes a strong case that it is in her new book, Reader, Come Home, which I wrote about for The Washington Post: “She makes a sound case that if we don’t protect… Continue reading »

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