Nov 24, 2021
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good
Today, we revisit a 2019 episode on the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World, also called, in Mohawk, Ohénten...
Nov 12, 2021
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, sensuous skill inside
great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work,
and then put words to why it's so, so good.
Today, we read “Transgender Heroic: All This Ridiculous
Flesh” by Kayleb Rae Candrilli, from their 2021 poetry collection,
WATER I WON'T...
Oct 28, 2021
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing: listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good.
Today, we read from The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon. (And hear my son build with legos in the deep background.) We get to see how the author...
Sep 30, 2021
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good.
Today, we read from The Book of Form and Emptiness, a stunning new novel from Ruth Ozeki. We love its radical premise, its clear-water sentences...
Sep 10, 2021
On Read to Me, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good!
Today, we read from Megan Baxter's Farm Girl. Here, a body at work, precisely described in strong sentences, becomes the site of shimmering ideas about faith...