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What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
What (some) Women Want
October 6, 2026Democrats–are you listening?
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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo: a reivew
October 3, 2026it turns out Yale really is hell on wheels
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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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It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
April 21, 2026a deft thriller undone by its own certainty
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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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What We’ve Been Thinking About
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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo: a reivew
it turns out Yale really is hell on wheels
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What Should Surrogacy Require?
There are no rules. Maybe there should be.
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