Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
Book Club Picks for People Who’ve Had It With Misery
October 20, 2026and, yes, my book club has actually read them all
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What (some) Women Want
October 6, 2026Democrats–are you listening?
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What Should Surrogacy Require?
September 10, 2026There are no rules. Maybe there should be.
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Sometimes a name is just a name
August 20, 2026on offense, accommodation, and the value of getting the facts right
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A Novel Is Not a Safe Space
August 15, 2026Books are allowed to offend you. You are allowed to close them. Everybody survives.
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Prestige TV rediscovers the joy of family and friends
July 26, 2026sappy for the win–really
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my favorite ten romances
May 9, 2026books that bewitch me, body and soul
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My favorite mysteries, part three
May 3, 2026and then there were none… for now
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The 25 best novels of the 21st century
April 30, 2026a very subjective list
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My favorite mysteries: part two
April 15, 2026the women are killing it
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My favorite mysteries, part one
April 11, 2026no pat plots here
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The New Fear of Being Cut Off by Your Children
April 7, 2026the silencing of the rents
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