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I Read Everything: A Reading Life Without Rules.

I read everything from classics to celebrity memoirs. I even enjoy forgotten magazines. I read without rules to stay curious, grounded, and aware of the world. I publish reflective essays about reading, memory, and interior life.

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    In Defense of Reading Everything

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    On Rereading, Marginalia, and a Lifelong Reading Practice

    Why Rereading Matters Think about picking up a favorite book and feeling its familiar cover in your hands. As you…

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    How to Read Without Rating: On Quiet Literary Criticism

    How to Read Without Rating Somewhere along the way, reading became a performance. Stars showed up. Numbers came next. Thumbs…

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    Why Memoir Is Where Family History Lives Now

    For a long time, family history lived in ledgers and archives. It lived in church records, census sheets, land deeds,…

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