Archive for January, 2023

sea of tranquility, by emily st. john mandel

There’s a low-level, specific pain in having to accept that putting up with you requires a certain generosity of spirit in your loved ones.

stay true, by hua hsu

“Why do you think it’s your fault?” she finally asked. It had never occurred to me that it was not.

i suffer alone, uncomplaining

Having traced my mother’s family to the Kingdom of Mercia I am in gales of laughter over the title of the most important surviving text in the Mercian language: The Old English Martyrology. Even other people who knew my mother and grandmother don’t think it’s as funny as I do. Story of my life.

tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, by gabrielle zevin

“There are no ghosts, but up here”—she gestured toward her head—”it’s a haunted house.”