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Search ArticlesMy Favorite Reads of 2023
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My Favorite Reads of 2023
Look at us! Back together after only a week. And this time I have double the number of titles to share. So gather up that Christmas cash. As promised, here’s a list of my favorite books of 2023 in no particular order. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Annis, a young adult slave, is sold south by her sire, a rice plantation owner in the Carolinas, which sets in motion a journey of grief, rebirth, and ultimately, ascendance.
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Hello, friends. It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I feel like I blinked and 2024 was upon me with little writing to show for it. I apologize for that, as a lot of great books went unaccounted for here. I’m not making any promises about consistency moving forward, but I confess I’ve been itching to write as of late and I hope to make a healthier rhythm of it in the new year.
More Than Meaningless Marks
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More Than Meaningless Marks
This month’s newsletter will be a little bit different. Let me start with an update. Many of you stumbled onto this newsletter via Twitter, which has historically been the platform I’m most active on. But recently, Substack announced a new feature called “Notes” that will allow creators to share updates and resources with their readers in a timeline on the platform. I’m excited about the update, but the CEO of Free Speech is not.
“When I read it . . . it was the world.”
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“When I read it . . . it was the world.”
I’m terrible at staying current on TV or movies. Unless it’s Tolkien or Marvel related, there’s a good chance it will take me a year or more to sit down and actually watch it—even when that it is an adaptation of a novel I adore, like Station Eleven. If you’re unaware, Station Eleven takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where 99% of the human population has been killed by a virulent flu pandemic.
Selling Books Without Selling Your Soul
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Here’s to a Year of Trying Something New
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