How it was
Tomorrow, July 25th, is my husband’s birthday, and the third anniversary of my accepting Tin House’s …
Year: 2015
Mix Tape
Hey all. It’s been a while, huh? A few days ago, I hauled a dusty cardboard …
Little Suzie Homemaker
There was a period of time—a solid three-year stretch—when I baked all of the bread my …
As Mitchell S. Jackson likes to say, lit life is life
On Monday evening, my husband and I got all dressed up and went to the Gerding …
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Five years in the wilderness…
In 2010, Gail Hochman, my first literary agent, passed on The Revolution of Every Day, firing …
A confession…
I recently saw 20,000 Days on Earth, the Nick Cave documentary. I’m a longtime Cave fan. …
I'm Very Into You
I’ve been thinking about emails lately. Jeff Jackson and I recently completed an epistolary review of …
Greetings from the Small Blue Room
(The blue walls are hard to see, but they’re there.) I used to have a blog. Technically, …
Writer, with Kids: Leesa Cross-Smith
Leesa Cross-Smith, author of Every Kiss a War and editor of WhiskeyPaper Age of kids: 10 …