Readings

The author of Too Much on who gets to be excessive, whether Victorian protagonists would get along, and the privilege of seeing yourself in literature. 

Sometimes I think I can identify men who have daughters. 

The author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors on mythmaking, magical realism, and the hero complex. 

The author of My Meteorite on interconnectedness, chaos, and a sense of magic.

The author of Hidden Valley Road on true crime reporting, family secrets, and finding stories. 

I followed a desire to witness, but not control, the inner workings of living things.

The author of Funny Weather on publishing a book during a global pandemic, the eternal appeal of outsider artists, and living with an oncoming sense of catastrophe.

Mom wasn’t interested in being the type of mother—or wife—who put her own life on the back burner

Prepared for every situation, even pandemic, mothers should be the ones on TV when our nation is under attack by terrorists or viruses.