Book Review: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.
Book Club
A book review of Amanda Peters' The Berry Pickers, including book club questions.
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The Magpie Diary: Apr. 6, 2025.
Essays
On my mind and heart today -- thoughts on being caught by the word.
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Breadcrumbs and Five-Year-Plans.
Musings + Essays
This week's inspirations, from a quote by Cathy Heller to thoughts on hearing poet Maggie…
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Gentler Workouts + Joan Didion on Hemingway.
Fashion Trends
An interview with Joan Didion on Hemingway, wisdom about working out from Nikki Glaser, and…
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March Discoveries.
Learnings
A roundup of some favorite moments, discoveries, and learnings from this month. What has it…
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What Are We Reading This Spring?
Book Club
My top recommendations for what to read in spring 2025 -- Wild Dark Shore, The…
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The Magpie Diary: Jan. 19, 2022.
Musings + Essays
Thoughts on reading poetry, and a brief analysis of Galway Kinnell's "The Bear."
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The Magpie Diary: Dec. 15, 2024.
Musings + Essays
Everything on my mind and heart this week while visiting New York and writing fiction.
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The Bad Book Girl Continues Her Unlearning.
Musings + Essays
My continuing thoughts on reading "good-bad books," defining artistic goodness/greatness/badness, and more.
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Books That Give Us New Sky.
Book Club
Thoughts on books that continue to change with each re-reading.
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Bad Book Girls, Loving Things Moms Say to Each Other + More.
Musings + Essays
Everything that inspired me this week, from being "a bad book girl" to loving things…
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The Secretly Bad Book Girl and Becoming Theseus.
Learnings
Thoughts on overcoming a lack of creative and intellectual confidence.
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