I’m almost sure I read Lord of the Flies in school—almost. I was in accelerated English classes in middle school, which put me ahead by high school and means I missed some of the things that everyone was “supposed” to read. But I think I read it. Or at the very least I got an excellent summary of it […]

I’ve been revisiting the 1990s of late, between catching a new rewatch podcast of an old favorite sitcom (Boy Meets World) and voting in the ’90s One-Hit Wonders bracket in the Bracket of Champions group my friends started a few years ago. The nostalgia is big and the t-shirts are even bigger. It’s kinda nice to go back to […]

It’s a hot summer day here, one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days. We’ve got stuff for you—books, poems, funny letters from the internet, encouragement, and more. Everything you need for a lazy hazy day, here in one email. Around the Web A Garden Maker’s Creed: How to Make a Garden and Tend Your Soul […]

I generally write these emails the evening before you get them. Sometimes, my day is ordered in such a way that I’m done preparing the email by about 5:30 pm. Other times it’s 10:30. Tonight’s one of the latter, but it’s been a rich evening, full of talk on books and language and writers and […]

I have a cat in front of me. I’m typing this message around his tail. He is determined to get my attention, and I’m determined to write an email. We may find ourselves at an impasse, my wrist pinned by his weight, but fingers free to type. Never have I been more grateful that my […]