Even as I write that title, it is July so I know that this is not getting out at the beginning of July/end of June as I planned (no I will not tell you when I’m writing it [it’s before July 15{it’s July 14th}]). Regardless,
It happens every May. I feel my body transitioning from one that sweats in overheated classrooms and talks about audience, the rhetorical situation, and the benefit of turning in things before the end of the semester to one that stares out a window into the bright green of the world
I didn’t want to write a…review? criticism? of The Age of Scientific Wellness by Leroy Hood and Nathan Price. I thought about it before finishing the book but all I could think about was how the book didn’t think about poor people enough. Or, maybe, that they
As I’ve spent the last couple of weeks noodling on what to write here and feeling guilty that I’ve fallen behind on the goal I set for myself to put out one essay every month on this website, I keep asking myself, “It’s okay, right?” Which also
I’ve been wanting to write about the Poison Ivy series by G. Willow Wilson and the talented rotating cast of artists for a while now. I’ve known that the series has impressed me and that I can’t wait to read it when I finally pick up my
Do you think about the Roman Empire? Sure you do. Does it bother your partner? Absolutely because they’re thinking about the Roman Empire too and you’re interrupting their flow. Around this time of year, do you start seeing all the hearts and candy and flowers and that huge
So this is my incredibly long reading roundup for 2025! It has all the books that I have read this year that I liked/loved/felt changed by/felt was worth suggesting/couldn’t let go of. There were a few others that I read this year that I'
Welcome back to Widely Read’s Books of Our Time! This is an irregular look at things I’ve recently read that feel unusually prescient in today’s wild world. For this one, we’re looking at two different comic series, Spider-Man: Reign and Death of the Silver Surfer.
It’s the time of year for traveling and driving which means I’m thinking deeply about the books I listen to. A few months ago, I received the above shirt as a gift and it quickly made its way into my “cleaning or loafing at home” rotation. Very comfy,
I don’t know how any of us are reading right now, let alone getting up, drinking coffee, sighing deeply into the steam, and not going straight back to bed (if you are doing this, you’re my hero always, everyday). But we are and we will and we continue.
I’ve been trying to write about how I’ve been struggling with poetry lately. Specifically struggling with the poetry publishing world. Truthfully, if I asked myself the series of questions my therapist often reminds me to ask, this struggle is a question about my writing identity. Am I a
On August 2nd, I had the rare opportunity to spend a whole day at a bookstore (Rubber Rose Books and Print in Kankakee!) during its three-year anniversary. I was there to support my kid doing a little pop-up shop of their original art and tried to sling some