words whispered to a child under siege

⁦Jesmyn Ward⁩ Jesmyn Ward in ⁦The Atlantic⁩ ! “I know they are bound by the way they wear their sorrow, by the way they look over an invisible horizon into their ruin.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Persuasion was published on this day in 1817. Making it 206 years of every other love letter not being good enough.

Husband: *innocently opens bedroom door* me, in bed with covid and sounding like a pack-a-day beautician: HEY SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET HAS A PET SKUNK NAMED JAM JAR.

My review of Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend is out today at Englewood Review of Books: englewoodreview.org/jesmyn-ward-le…

NBCC member Catherine Hervey reviewed Jesmyn Ward’s "Let Us Descend" for Englewood Review of Books: englewoodreview.org/jesmyn-ward-le…

We're excited to announce the finalists for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards! Check out the shortlists, as well as the winners of our special awards, here: bookcritics.org/2024/01/25/nat…

Apply! Apply! One of the most wonderful weeks I've ever had.

First day working early voting. Get out there, Illinois, and enjoy some democracy.

World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. Read our full statement on the loss of our team members here: wck.org/news/gaza-team…

I am about to have twelve second grade girls in my backyard during the middle of a cicada invasion. How do we think it’s gonna go?

My eldest daughter is making invisible ink instead of her lunch. Like hey that is so cool but I am begging you we have to leave in ten minutes.

Watching a cardinal and her daughter at the birdfeeder. The little one gets her own seeds sometimes, and other times she just hops around after her mom, squawking to be fed instead. I feel you, tween cardinal mom.

Here’s how to register to vote in Texas before the Oct. 7. deadline. bit.ly/47RClth

My 8yo, ready to sow terror in the hearts of all her classmates tomorrow.