The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By Evan Friss This isn’t really a book review. The Bookshop is way too complex (and long!) for me to…

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Running on Empty

As my faithful readers know, for many years I posted faithfully three times a week. Remember these categories? Mental Health…

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Dressing the Part

Saint Mary of Egypt Today, April 1, is the Feast Day of my patron saint in the Orthodox Church. Mary…

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