Hi Darling Ones, The best thing about reading Paul Rees’ Mellencamp biography was learning that his grandkids call him “Peepaw.” The worst thing was absolutely everything else. This is definitely a case of you should…
Browsing Category Books
Take Today, For Instance
Dear Darling Ones, I have just finished reading Sally Rooney’s new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You, and wow does she know how to write a book. She’s an Irish writer who crafts these novels…
Libraries I Have Known
Dear Darling Ones, Ms. Heck was the smartest person I had ever met up until about 9th grade when Ms. Marquette, my English teacher, pronounced the word “melancholy” out loud and blew my mind. Knowing…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: Some Thoughts from the Well-Rested
Hi Darling Ones, Added: I am slowly recovering from my stupid, self-inflicted emotional upheaval, which is good, but has left me a little scattered. So for today you get a listicle of random nonsense, the…
Getting My Foot in Someone’s Door
Dear Darling Ones, This week I re-read Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face and Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty. I read both of these books back in 2004 when I identified hard with Grealy’s story…