Volume 2, No. 18: Best of the Backlist Part 3 + Rhubarb Crumb CakeGreetings, book and treat people! Once again, I am burning up with rage and grief today. It doesn’t really go away. The sustained attacks on bodily autonomy that we’re currently experiencing—the pending repeal of Roe v. Wade, the waves of legislation criminalizing health care for…
Volume 2, No. 17: Best of the Backlist Part 2 + Candied Citrus PeelGreetings, bookish friends! I am incandescent with rage and grief today. I often am. I am going to be bleak here for a moment, and admit to you that I am not an optimist. I do not believe that we can build a better world, a just world—not in my lifetime or my niblings’ lifetimes…
Volume 2, No. 19: Let's Talk About the Bad Stuff + Rhubarb & CustardGreetings, book-eaters and treat lovers! I have a goal for May: to spend thirty minutes every day doing something creative, generative, and/or new. I love being home more than being just about anywhere else—but I need a change of scenery, a new project, a reset. I want to be…
Volume 2, No. 16: Best of the Backlist + Buttered Walnut Cake with Cinnamon GlazeGreetings, book-eaters and treat-lovers! Before I launched this newsletter a little over a year ago, I came up with two months’ worth of themes. I planned ahead because I wanted to avoid this: “Oh shit, it’s Monday night and I have no idea what this week’s newsletter is going to…
