I am a voracious reader and every week I come across either a book, online piece or website I want to share with others. I’ve decided to curate these gems and highlight them on Friday. I hope you find these faves as insightful as I do.
- Letters matter. This piece will convince you. It’s a longer work, but worth every minute. “When you find my body’: The last days of Gerry Largay” is profiled in the Boston Globe.
- “Have fun and love often. Find wonder and beauty. Know gratitude.” This is the message from Orrin Devinsky in “A Year Without Oliver Sacks.”
- Need book suggestions for the end of summer? Ann Patchett’s blog at Parnassus Books offers great recommendations.
- I am particularly fond of running and love this short film presented by Aeon in “Runners drop their guards and confess their deepest anxieties and greatest hopes.”
What were your favorite reads this week?
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too.
I enjoyed reading a year without Oliver Sacks. Will try to catch up on the rest. I hope all is well.