Archive - A reading life

Issue 95: The Reading Life of... Alicia Kennedy

Substack's favorite food culture writer tells us how she reads

Nov 21

Issue 94: Reading does not change the facts of life, but it does change the atmosphere

Scattered reading by a scattered brain for a scattered heart

Nov 14

Issue 93: What I told my 7-year-old daughter about the election

+what I keep telling myself

Nov 7

Issue 92: Everything I read in October

Including titles that helped me escape my self-inflicted Didion confinement

Nov 2

October 2024

Issue 91: The Paradox of Admiration

Gutted by Joan Didion's misguided critique of the Women's Movement

Oct 31

Issue 90: The Reading Life of... Ochuko Akpovbovbo

Tips on how to read more from Substack's favorite 25 year old

Oct 24

Issue 89: Sunday Links for book lovers and other lovable nerds

Things that caught my attention and I think you would like too

Oct 20 •

Issue 88: Cranky Joan Didion holds a grudge

Having fun with Joan Didion's 'Let Me Tell You What I Mean'

Oct 17 •

Issue 87: A week in my life as a Joan Didion superfan

... even though I may not be one by the time the week is done

Oct 10 •

Issue 86: Allison Bornstein Decodes Joan Didion's timeless style

On personal style as self-knowledge and biography

Oct 3 •

September 2024

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