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Category: The Examined Life

Something new, something fun: In anticipation of the September release of my book Reading People: How Seeing the World Through

You now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish, according to a 2015 study by Microsoft Corp. It’s not

My conscious mind is finally catching up to the fact that the season changed. Spring is here, in earnest. We’ve

The beginning is the hardest part. In theory, I adore a fresh start, a clean slate, when I have abundant

As a recovering perfection (raise your hand if you can relate?), it’s taken me a long, long time to accept the

It’s February 2, Groundhog Day, the halfway point of winter. This isn’t an easy month—or an easy season—for many of

I just finished an excellent YA book. It’s Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star, and it’s the story

Last fall I had too much going on. Some would call it an extremely productive season, in the sense that on

This is the first new book in a long time in our ongoing Best Books You’ve Never Heard of series.

There are many ways to define a great book, but this is one of my favorite: one mark of greatness is when

Buckle Up!