Dear, Strange Things
Gina Dalfonzo, Amy Colleen, Amy MantravadiA journey through the TBR pile
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Book Review: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”
Dolly Parton’s Jolene by Lydia R. Hamessley (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Believe it or not, I was already reading this book before we got the sad news of Dolly Parton’s passing last week. It was one of several books I had going at onc...
Guest Essay: “A Tale of Two Cities” Wasn’t Stupid. We Were.
My friend Amy Colleen (who describes herself as an avid Jane Austen aficionado, writer of human interest, and participator in a constant race to finish her too-long list of Libby loans before they auto-return) is the creator of Reading in t...
Book Review: Art Is
Art Is: A Journey into the Light by Makoto Fujimura (Yale University Press, 2025).
Makoto Fujimura is that rare artist who can work in two different media—painting and writing—with equal skill. His books, particularly Culture Care, have b...
Book Review: Love Letters to God
Love Letters to God by Devon Spencer and Katherine Willis Pershey (Cascade Books, 2025).
Friendship is hard. Maybe you’ve noticed this. It’s a precious and valuable thing, even a necessary thing, but it is hard. Real friendship requires a...
Book Review: The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood
The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood by H. G. Parry (Redhook, 2026).
H. G. Parry’s novels are my kryptonite. Whenever a new one comes out, from the moment I pick it up until the moment I finish it, I’m no earthly good to anyone. I don’t want...
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Author of "The Screen and the Mirror," "Dorothy and Jack," and "One by One." Editor of "The Gospel in Dickens." Lover of books.
Writer, mom, reader, overthinker, and a person who uses random receipts and junk mail scraps to mark her place in books despite owning many beautiful bookmarks.
Pilgrim seeking the beatific vision. Writer of essays, novels, book reviews. Contributor at Mere Orthodoxy, Mockingbird, 1517, and elsewhere. Researching the English Reformation. Servant of the Secret Fire. \ud83d\udd25
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