Words to live by: Henry David Thoreau

I read Walden for the first time in college, for a course that turned out to be my favorite class I’ve ever taken: United States Intellectual History. We studied American history through the writing of the country’s brightest and most important authors. We read the Lincoln-Douglas debates. We read James Madison. We read Walden, Tobacco… Continue reading Words to live by: Henry David Thoreau

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce

In The Wave in the Mind, Ursula K. Le Guin explores in one essay the “unquestioned assumptions” in literature – the ways in which mainstream literature – the kind that gets widely featured and celebrated and awarded – often wrongly assumes that readers relate to a limited “type” of characters. The books featured as “of general interest”… Continue reading The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce

One Year Ago

One year ago today I got on an airplane heading west, to San Francisco. Four months and fourteen countries later I arrived back in New York City from the other direction. My trip around the world changed my life, and I’m so grateful for every moment, every experience, and all the incredible people I met… Continue reading One Year Ago

Sunday Night Lunch (Weekly Recap 3.1.15)

There is icy sludge surrounding my city, but let’s not let that stop us from getting all cozy and talking about books and other great stuff this week, sound good? Good! First of all – it was a delightful week in blog-land and Twitter-world meeting a lot of new-to-me Book Bloggers thanks to this lovely… Continue reading Sunday Night Lunch (Weekly Recap 3.1.15)