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Q&A: Virginia Festival of the Book Shelf Life

February 21, 2021

Want do I listen to when I write? What I do when I can’t write? Find the answers in this author Q&A I did last month for the Virginia Festival of the Book’s Shelf Life series. Do you have any sources of inspiration that you come back to while writing? When I’m stuck, I like… Continue reading »

Podcast alert: Disentangling the clutter

February 21, 2021

George Miller, host of the smart podcast The Hedgehog & The Fox, invited me on the show to talk about clutter. Listen to our convo here or find it on Apple, Google, or Spotify. “This book is for you if you have a closet that will no longer close because it is so crammed with… Continue reading »

Book event: Virginia Festival of the Book Shelf Life series

January 24, 2021

Thanks to the Virginia Festival of the Book for inviting me to talk about CLUTTER: AN UNTIDY HISTORY with my good friend Meredith Hindley as part of the festival’s excellent “Shelf Life” series. WATCH IT HERE.   On January 12, Jennifer Howard discussed her book, Clutter: An Untidy History, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things… Continue reading »

Interview: “Rising Up With Sonali”

January 24, 2021

I went on the show “Rising Up with Sonali” to talk with host Sonali Kolhatkar about clutter and the ecological costs of consumerism. Catch our conversation below.

Live at East City Bookshop

December 1, 2020

I loved having the chance to do a book launch event (safely, via Zoom) last month at my local indie on Capitol Hill, East City Bookshop, in conversation with Susan Coll. We ran out of time long before we ran out of things to talk about, and the Q&A was full of great questions and… Continue reading »

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Recent Writing

  • “A paler shade of white”: HAVING AND BEING HAD by Eula Biss (review)
  • “Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?”
  • “The Complicated Role of the Modern Public Library”

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  • Podcast alert: Disentangling the clutter
  • Book event: Virginia Festival of the Book Shelf Life series

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