A Reader's Compendium
Sarah Ormanmostly about reading, and sometimes writing
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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[Corrected] On Braiding
Hello!
I know, it’s been a while. I’m sorry. After last month’s love letter to the alphabet, I fell into an alphabetic sinkhole while updating the index to The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law.
“Every pertinent term” is the phrase use...
On Braiding
Hello!
I know, it’s been a while. I’m sorry. After last month’s love letter to the alphabet, I fell into an alphabetic sinkhole while updating the index to The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law.
“Every pertinent term” is the phrase use...
Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries: a Q&A
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Hello!
February, ugh. Good riddance to a short and difficult month. But seriously, I’m sorry that this newsletter is late.
First, some good news:
- I published new poems in Breakwater Review and...
Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days: a Q&A
Hello!
Normally, I publish my end-of-year book lists in January. Each year, I approach this task a little bit differently, which reflects my personality type: “can’t do the same task twice.” Earlier this month I wrote an annotated list of...
What I read in 2025: the fiction.
Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash
Hello!
The other day I told someone that I’d read less in 2025. “Oh!” he said. “I love that book!” He thought I was talking about Less by Andrew Sean Greer, a very funny novel that I read when it came out...
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Writer, editor, bookworm. Lives in Austin with one husband, two kids, a cat, a dog, and, on a good day, around sixteen fish.
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