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The Processing

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The essay "The Processing" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack, Constantly Curating. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Happy Autumnal Equinox to those who celebrate 🙂 It’s book festival season. I’ve recently returned from Chicago’s Printers Row Lit Fest and looking…
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Why Farming? Looking Back to Move Forward

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The essay "Why Farming? Looking Back to Move Forward" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Last month’s newsletter addressed “Why Wisconsin?” but I probably should have answered this one first,  “Why Farming?” There are…
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Colored Television by Danzy Senna

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This review of Colored Television by Danzy Senna was originally published in the New York Journal of Books. Colored Television by Danzy Senna Colored Television is a sharp, comedic novel about the competing drives to make money and make art in one woman’s pursuit of her…
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Why Wisconsin? Inheritance, Migration, and Finding Home

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The essay "Why Wisconsin? Inheritance, Migration, and Finding Home" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! It’s a question I get a lot these days. “Do you or John have family in Wisconsin?” People seem truly puzzled about…
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Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner I loved this novel for its sharp, whip-smart observations and turns of phrase. I love a book with funny, revelatory descriptions and this one delivers. It is a simple plot that is basically an excuse to delve into the theme…
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Soil and Spirit by Scott Chaskey

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Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life by Scott Chaskey I listened to the audio version of this book of essays as I walked our farm in the afternoons. Scott Chaskey's reading voice as well as his poetic prose provided a meditative and spiritual accompaniment…
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Daughter of a Promise

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The Nine

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Eden: A Novel

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