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Old Flames, New Strains
Roxana Robinson has written a brilliant novel about the complexities of late-in-life love. It felt so real, I had to speak with her to find out more…
Mar 21
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Class, Money, Privilege, and the Poor Among Us
Alissa Quart wants us to think not only about downward mobility, industry shifts, and low wage white collar jobs, but also about what not having money…
Feb 11
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Ali's Flair in Love and War
In THE BALLAD OF SPEEDBALL BABY, Ali Smith--punk rock darling turned photographer turned memoirist--sings a paean to the East Village, bad lovers…
Jan 17
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The Quietest Paperback Release Ever
If a paperback falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it even exist? (Yes! It exists! And I'm asking for your help getting it into bookstores…
Oct 23, 2023
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When a Woman Betrays a Woman
Tales of men betraying women are as old as heteronormative love and time. But when a woman betrays another woman, what does she--or rather the…
Jun 5, 2023
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The Power of Forgiveness
Rachel Louise Snyder lost her Jewish mother at 8 and was kicked out of her evangelical father's home at 16 after years of physical abuse. What she did…
May 30, 2023
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Old Dog + New Tricks = Life Hack
One day, in the thick of middle age, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik had an epiphany. Society urges us to achieve. At all costs. What if, instead, we…
May 17, 2023
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When Gretchen Came to her Senses
After a scary visit with her eye doctor, Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, had a radical epiphany. In her quest for joy, had…
Apr 19, 2023
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Duff Love
Karen Duffy, who has steadfastly refused to let the chronic pain of sarcoidosis rule her life, finds strength, comfort, gratitude, and love in the…
Apr 12, 2023
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Remembrance of Slings Past
Priscilla Gilman found her voice mining a past rich with her parents' famous friends, haunted by their divorce, and marked by both her father's love for…
Feb 7, 2023
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Peggy's Process
Peggy Orenstein was in a rut. Her fifties were ending. Her dad was dying. Her daughter was leaving the nest. That's when she decided to change her…
Jan 24, 2023
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And You May Find Yourself...having dinner with a Gen-X icon
Sari Botton has a lot to say about living in a female body and aging with joy, but I'd been relegated to fringes of superfandom until last Saturday…
Nov 15, 2022
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