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*The Grapes of Wrath* Schedule
Welcome to the Closely Reading book club: a space where we closely read classic literature together and discuss assigned chapters each week.
Embarking on an American classic
Hi friends!
I’m so excited to share the schedule for John...
📚 learn how to reverse outline
📝 Take it apart so you can put it back together
Welcome back to our series on reading academic articles.
Today, I’m walking you through the steps to deconstruct an academic article through an exercise called “reverse outlining.”
📖...
we are all magpies & this is not a pipe
Dear reader,
A few weeks ago, you perhaps finished reading McTeague with me. And, perhaps, you’re still thinking about it.
Good books have a way of sticking with us, that way.
I’m definitely still thinking about it, and in particular, I...
the value of being off-center
Early in 2025, I wrote to my subscribers about how baffled I felt to have reached 3,930 thousand readers.
Today, I write to all 9,325 of you…and I can’t tell you how enormously funny and happy it makes me that nine thousand people want to...
"They were in the heart of Death Valley"
Welcome to the Closely Reading book club, where we closely read classic literature together and discuss assigned chapters each week. We’re on a 10-week reading journey with an 1899 American classic, “McTeague” by Frank Norris. It’s free to...
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