It’s the most wonderful time of the year: When I share with you what I’ve read and loved in the last six months. As usual, my list...
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“I didn’t feel black until I came to America.” Out of all the true, surprising, maddening quotes in Americanah, this is the...
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Where do I start? I have the entire back half of 2014 to share with you. All its trips, its visits, its everyday questions and answers,...
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Last year I committed to slowing down my reading. To sip instead of gulp. To relish instead of gorge. Reverse psychology must work for me...
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Hi, my name is Joanna. I write this blog, in case you forgot. (I almost forgot.) I have old news from early summer plus new news from now-ish...
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Quotes about writing or reading from People Who Would Know. (All of these from How to Read a Novelist by John Freeman, a comforting collection...
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