I had no expectations, but on the day of the total eclipse, something shifted for me, creatively speaking.
Read MoreThe narrator’s singular objective—to learn—gives each sentence a weighted urgency I feel in my body as I read; her interior life is as active and alive as her physical life has been limited and stilted.
Read MoreI call myself middle-aged now, although my tween daughter helpfully informed me that, technically, I am “way past middle-aged,” since life expectancy for women in the U.S. is 79, and I’ll be turning 47 soon.
Read MorePoliticians like Stefanik and the billionaires who love to exploit their vapidness will always be fighting to go backwards. Which is why Crip Camp is essential viewing now, in 2024, and forever after.
Read MoreThe problem is not writer’s block; it feels more like writer’s mud.
Read MoreTo be called the sincerest felt like a patronizing consolation prize—good effort, kid!—when what I wanted to be was good.
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