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This is a revenue insecure profession, so we know how to cut costs

It was a period when I was reading lots of Turkish history and political books, driven by the events unfolding in Turkey — watching how we…

“It’s a good thing” (or is it?)

A guide to great writing disguised as a book about advertising

If you’ve been underestimated, had your tone policed, or your ideas stolen, this book is for you. Plus, there’s a dog.

A Ramble After Jane Austen

This is a book review of Yeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun

The pros and cons from someone who’s lived it

A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

It's one of the most poignantly meta and unexpectedly relatable books l've read

Whatever you can do — go do it

What’s it like to spend time with an aging parent? Absurd, poignant, bewildering, and beautiful — it’s a lot of things.

A Skeptic’s Guide to Love, Loss, and Death

Being a perfectionist means I throw a lot of roadblocks in my way. Here’s how I’m overcoming them.

Faygo is an excuse for another rambling dog story. He may not be long for this world — I think it’s cancer, and he needs his story told.

Lessons learned from ground zero in a professional studio

And why that may soon be a relic of history

The political landscape is teetering on the edge

The world is infinite, and I am not.

A spoiler-free review of the book, “Long After We Are Gone”

What happens after you write your masterpiece?

A review of ‘Calling In’ by Loretta Ross

The Words That Remade America by Gary Wills

A Review of The Heart of the Matter: The God Focused School by Frank Hamrick