Free Books in My Mail
In the two months since my last Mailbag post, I’ve received a lot of new ARCs, and as usual, I haven’t deserved them. Although there...
Nonfiction Novel Titles
Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Washington is a destination bookstore. In fact, it kind of is Lake Forest Park. There’s not really much else...
Join the Club
I tried running a book club in grad school, but after a few months we gave up pretenses and started drinking in bars. I do...
Perfectly Safe
In the white, liberal, upper middle-class circles I usually inhabit, safety trumps all other values. Helicopter parenting has become the standard for responsible parenting, despite...
Dear Hank Wiliams
When I was in the second grade, my teacher read Old Yeller to the class. When she got to the end, she started crying and...