My dear, dear friend Emily Mitchell’s debut novel, The Last Summer of the World, comes out on June 18th. I’m lucky enough to be one of Emily’s draft readers, so got to see this book develop from extremely promising early …
All kinds of adventures lately. (And before I launch into them, let me say that I loved finding out what everyone’s reading this summer, will definitely be following in some of your reading footsteps, and plan to post an alphabatized …
A few years ago, you and I, my dear readers, compiled a list of our favorite books. I found some great books on that list that I hadn’t read. Now I’m wondering what you’re reading right now, or what you …
Reading through your comments on the last post, Billy and I were reminded of the story of the Buddha and the mustard seed. Thanks to all of you.
My father died fourteen years ago today. He was only fifty years old. Last night I held my nearly one-year-old son as I lit a yarzheit candle. I couldn’t help but think that this isn’t how things were supposed to …