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  • My 2024 Reading Roundup

    Jan 2, 2025

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    I was surprised to learn, thanks to the StoryGraph, that I had read 64 books this year. That’s about 10 more than usual. I figured it was because I spent this year writing my master’s thesis, which required me to…

  • Tools for Reading

    Dec 23, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    If you’re thinking about becoming a more serious reader, either by putting in more time or by more carefully considering whatever you read, there are a few tools that can help. Luckily, you probably have almost all of these already!

  • Etymology: Jizz (It’s about Birds)

    Dec 9, 2024

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    by

    Kristen
    in The Wingback

    Of course I looked it up. The Oxford English Dictionary has it as “the characteristic impression given by an animal or plant,” which is basically what she had said. However, the first usage entry is from Bird Haunts & Nature…

  • It’s Not a Shed in the Back Yard, It’s a Studiolo

    Nov 27, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Author, The Wingback

    I have a shed in my back yard where I work; it has my desk, a book case, and a sofa where my dog hangs out most of the day. It shall henceforth be known as a studiolo, thanks to…

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    I Have No Opinion at All about Sally Rooney

    Nov 27, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    Sally Rooney has a book out this fall, and for a few weeks it was absolutely unavoidable for bookish types. I realized that I have no opinion whatsoever on Rooney’s work, and I may be the only person in the…

  • Review: Sinead O’Connor, The Last Interview

    Oct 28, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    Review: Sinead O’Connor, The Last Interview Melville House, October 29, 2024 After the death of a cultural figure, Melville House will sometimes select interviews that the person did over the course of their career and publish them. This collection of…

  • Yet Another Way Running Is Like Writing

    Oct 1, 2024

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    by

    Kristen
    in Author, The Wingback

    No one likes talking about writing and running like writers who run.

  • Review: A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda

    Aug 12, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    In A Complicated Passion, longtime film critic Carrie Rickey simply follows Varda’s life from cradle to grave. She begins with the artist’s parents and her early life in Sète, where she formed her attachment to the waterfront. “If we opened…

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    To Catch and Comfort

    Aug 6, 2024

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    Kristen
    in Reader, The Wingback

    This week, I memorized a poem for maybe the first time in my life. It was a very good decision.

  • Silly + Serious = Superpowers

    Jul 16, 2024

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    by

    Kristen
    in Author, Reader, The Wingback

    It takes some serious delulu to think you can build a reading app to rival Goodreads, one with more than 2 million users (that’s what Odunayo did). It also takes delulu to write books, to publish them, to send out…

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