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What fiction can teach us if only we’d give it a chance
A guest essay on why stories are more than ‘just entertainment’ and how fiction helps us build empathy and understand ourselves better
May 28
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Alicia
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brittany lea
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How to get your dopamine fix from reading
Guest post: rewire your brain to crave books over scrolls
May 21
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Alicia
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Aflina
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A conversation with Simi Sidhu on late blooming creativity, the craft of reading, and recommended books
Simi Sidhu on coming back to writing after thirty years, and the quote that changed everything.
May 15
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Alicia
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Simi Sidhu Writes
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In Conversation | Assembly by Natasha Brown
Emma and I buddy-read Natasha Brown's incisive Assembly, an award-winning debut about a Black woman's corporate struggles and resistance
May 1
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Alicia
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Emma
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A conversation with Tom Lutz on a lifetime of reading
The founder of the Los Angeles Review of Books on feeling under-read, writing within constraints, and his own body of writing
Apr 17
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Alicia
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In Conversation | My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
A buddy read of Daphne du Maurier's gothic novel with Kolina Cicero
Apr 10
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Alicia
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Kolina Cicero
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What my friends are reading this spring | Reads With Friends
101 spring reads from 21 Substack book lovers: your ultimate TBR
Mar 20
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Alicia
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YA disability fiction: inclusive reads for teens
Discover 8 diverse YA books featuring authentic disabled protagonists, from wheelchair users to amputees. Guest post by high school librarian Kelly at…
Mar 13
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Alicia
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Kelly Mayfield
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A Conversation on Disabled Womanhood with Author and Activist Lucy Webster
On her memoir The View From Down Here, the myths and joys of care, and the realities of being a disabled woman
Dec 20, 2025
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Alicia
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Inside Favourite Daughter: A Conversation with Author Morgan Dick
The debut author of Favourite Daughter on generational patterns, grief, mental health, and the books she’s recommending right now
Dec 12, 2025
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Alicia
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Literature, medicine, and what makes us human | Reads With Friends
Reading medicine: a doctor explores empathy, illness, and the art of fiction
Nov 14, 2025
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Flux by Jinwoo Chong | book review
A guest book review of Flux by Jinwoo Chong: on TV obsessions, fragmented identity, and the allure of messy narratives
Oct 24, 2025
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