26
Mar
Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea?
Annie Barrows · ★★★★
I'm still working through the series with my daughter and this one is written in a
1 min read
Adrian Astur Alvarez
Adrian Astur Alvarez writes literary fiction and poetry concerned with memory, intimacy, and the quiet pressures that shape how people live together. His work often explores identity, displacement, and the moments where private lives come undone.
26
Mar
The Forgotten Door
Alexander Key · ★★★★
I'm too young to have any nostalgia for this one. In fact, I never knew it
1 min read
26
Mar
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026 · ★★★
A severely depressing film about what makes success in the world we're living in today and how
1 min read
18
Mar
A Question About Romance Novels
A friend pointed out I'd never read a romance novel. She was right. Here's what I found out about myself on my first try.
4 min read
17
Mar
March 17, 2026
I am sitting in my office in Oviedo. It is sunny outside and the light through my windows is painting
1 min read
16
Mar
The First Four Books of Poems
W.S. Merwin · ★★★
I guess I just wanted to start at the beginning. What I found is an understandably uneven
2 min read
16
Mar
The Trees
Percival Everett · ★★★★★
Prompted by the film American Fiction, which I really enjoyed, I decided to pick up an Everett book
1 min read
16
Mar
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol · ★★★★★
I finally got a chance to find out why Gogol's work is called a masterpiece. There&
16
Mar
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other
Danielle Dutton · ★★★★★
I am floored by this innovative and inspiring collection from Dutton. Her prose moves me as though by
16
Mar
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Ben Lerner · ★★
While I can recognize and even appreciate this novel, intellectually, and while I see Lerner dazzling with formal
1 min read