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Event alert: Literary Hill Bookfest, 5/1/22

April 11, 2022

On May 1, I’ll be signing books in person at this year’s Literary Hill Bookfest at Eastern Market in SE DC. If you’re in the DMV that day, swing by and say hi and meet some of the other writers who call Capitol Hill home.      

Pre-order the paperback of CLUTTER now

August 21, 2021

News! There’s going to be a paperback of CLUTTER coming your way in January 2022. I’ve written an afterword for it that talks about how our relationship to our things did (and didn’t) change during the pandemic, and I’m excited for you all to read it. Pre-order a copy here.

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 »

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