I Noticed Seagulls: Birds and Breast Cancer
I can almost always see seagulls flying overhead. They fly over my house, sometimes so high that I can barely …
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Death and Fragility
I collapsed in front of my locker, and black teenage mascara tears drip-stained my knees. A group of dry-eyed friends …
Reading Maile Meloy
I first read Maile Meloy’s work through a short story in an anthology I had purchased during my Master’s program. …
The Books from The World’s Strongest Librarian
Today, I promised to give you a list of all of the books mentioned in The World’s Strongest Librarian (2013) …
A Memoir of Being a Librarian with Tourette’s
I need to come right out and say that I’m biased about this book. I am friends with the author, …
The Grapes of Wrath Is About My People
I have ancestors—my great grandmother, Alabama Gray (she preferred to be called Bonnie), in fact—who traveled from Oklahoma to California …
Literary Wives: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Today is the first day of the Literary Wives series! The first book to be reviewed is American Wife (2008) …
Blog Etiquette
I wrote this post a while ago, and as I reread it in anticipation of posting it, I sensed an …
A Diantha Book by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I have an amazing colleague named Diantha. She is a Master’s student at my university and a former elementary school …
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: An Allegory for Parents
I never read this book as a child. It’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) by C. S. …
