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ArchivalOwl

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Historian and writer who reads global fiction and narrative nonfiction.

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No cover — Ann Dávila Cardinal: Storyteller's Death (2022, Sourcebooks, Incorporated)

Susan Rigetti: Cover Story (2022, HarperCollins Publishers)

Hernan Diaz: Trust (2022, Penguin Publishing Group)

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Louise Erdrich: The Sentence (Hardcover, 2021, Harper)

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Lily King: Five Tuesdays in Winter (Hardcover, 2021, Grove Press)

George Saunders: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Hardcover, 2021, Random House)

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ArchivalOwl rated Already Enough: 3 stars

Lisa Olivera: Already Enough (2022, Simon & Schuster)

Already Enough by Lisa Olivera

ArchivalOwl rated Late Migrations: 4 stars

Margaret Renkl: Late Migrations (Hardcover, 2019, Milkweed Editions)

Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl

ArchivalOwl rated The Lincoln Highway: 4 stars

Amor Towles: The Lincoln Highway (Hardcover, 2021, Viking)

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

ArchivalOwl rated Writing as a way of healing: 4 stars

Louise A. DeSalvo: Writing as a way of healing (2000, Beacon Press)

Writing as a way of healing by Louise A. DeSalvo

ArchivalOwl rated The writing life: 4 stars

Annie Dillard: The writing life (1990, HarperPerennial)

The writing life by Annie Dillard

A meditative reflection in anecdote and vignette on Annie Dillard's writing process. Beautiful and vivid prose.

Annie Dillard has written …

ArchivalOwl rated Grounded: 4 stars

Grounded by Ruth Allen

ArchivalOwl rated Real Change: 4 stars

Sharon Salzberg: Real Change (Hardcover, 2020, Flatiron Books)

Real Change by Sharon Salzberg

ArchivalOwl rated My Inner Sky: 4 stars

Mari Andrew: My Inner Sky (Hardcover, 2021, Penguin Books)

My Inner Sky by Mari Andrew

ArchivalOwl rated Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive: 4 stars

Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive by Marc Brackett

ArchivalOwl rated Libertie: 4 stars

Kaitlyn Greenidge: Libertie (2021, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

ArchivalOwl rated Crazy Brave: 5 stars

Joy Harjo: Crazy Brave (2013, W. W. Norton & Company)

Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

ArchivalOwl rated The Carrying: Poems: 4 stars

Ada Limón: The Carrying: Poems (2018, Milkweed Editions)

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

"Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth …