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2024:
Music and Intimacy
Moving and the intimacy of memory
Captain Cook and other things
Celebrating Regal House, and a new interview
Come see the Swans of Harlem & how do YOU arrange your bookshelves? Can fiction presage the future?
Thanks libraries
New creative writing; travel notes
Fandom and Swan Lake
After the AWP deluge, books, and London
When a book breaks you open
London and cross pollination cont’d
Dancer/painter Margaret Garrett: the interview; hello 2024
2023
10 reasons why rest matters
Researching my novel-in-progress and other parts of the writing life
Sparkly crowns, music, and books
Entries from the writing life; an upcoming event
Still thinking about Thanksgiving
Holiday book lists
Art, books, and and an event next week
Thomas Jefferson, world ballet day, and yes, we are hurting
When the return trip takes you through Disneyland
Au revoir Auvillar/Words from Moriel
Après Paris, le travail
I love Paris in September
Happy birthday
Renewal and apple cake
Interviewing Sophie and celebrating
End of summer reading
Reconnecting with the tides
Barbie meets Three Muses, book recommendations & more
A wedding, and Utrecht has another idea about policing
Air quality and etc.
Would love for you to come to my New York event
Farewell Menachem
New book news
Happy spring!
Talking with Kiese Laymon, and when words don’t belong together
Break Some Rules
Thanks BuzzFeed and Some New Author Interviews
Things that Happened to Me This Week and a Feb. 28 Gig
Beach with Dot
Books and Book Groups
My Staycation
2022:
The End of the Year: Looking Forward and Back
Kelli and Martha's end of year survival list: special edition
When Thanksgiving Includes Lasagna
When You Swim with Sea Lions You Find Sardines
Loving Conversations and Books
Travel and Books
Recap
Heading into Launch Week
Asks and Reviews
Dates and News
Please join us on August 16
August Reading
Swimming Lessons
Rocks Fall and Stars Align
Three Muses audio book and other news
Kelli and Martha’s top ten coping strategies
Scotch tape memories
Why I love dress rehearsals
My forest fire
Maine things
Boosters and books
Virtual conversation with Melissa Chadburn
When a book is about everything
Cover reveal
Residency wellspring
What’s stuffed cabbage got to do with it?
Saying good-bye to our piano
Dance, dance, dance
Inspiration from a beloved aunt
Pre-2022:
Hugs & thanks
Books We Love & goodbye to Petra
Seriously, ballet books?
What are you reading?
Hello on a rainy Friday
On managing mental clutter & other stuff
New short fiction, Clint Smith, Nana Nkweti, & Maisy Card
New books by Cassandra Lane, Marc Bookman, Ae-Ran Kim, & Mitchell James Kaplan
Reading for spring
My year-end list for The Millions
Holiday edition
Post-election edition
News about my novel, personal essay, & more
On a major slave rebellion in the 1760s
New personal essay, some cool interviews, & a review
New writing & some relevant old stuff too
Thoughts on our present moment
Sending love and some distractions
A podcast about my work
NPR Reviews
On my family tree, & a new short story
On Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness
About my dad
On Aarti Shanai’s new memoir
On Sarah Broom, Randon Billings Noble & more
On Massoud Hayoun, Margarita Liberacki, & Gregory Spatz
On Lorene Carey’s Ladysitting
On Memorizing and Memory
On Édouard Louis & Jean Frémon
A new, surreal short story
New reviews
Interviewing Well-Read Black Girl
On Extinctions, A New Australian novel