The Poets of Noticing

Who to read when you're learning to pay attention

Aug 17 • 

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July 2025

Book Review: So Far Gone

Jess Walter on family, redemption, and the American moment

Jul 27 • 

Ellen Andrews

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On Dreaming in Stuart Little, The Great Gatsby, and The Wind in the Willows

Is it safe to re-imagine your life?

Jul 21 • 

Ellen Andrews

10

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The Perfect Poetry of A.A. Milne

Absolutely no one does it better!

Jul 5 • 

Ellen Andrews

25

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June 2025

"Good Enough to Take into the Woods"

10 books for your next camping trip

Jun 14 • 

Ellen Andrews

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The Gruffalo, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Good Life

On the horrors of being eaten in children's lit

Jun 7 • 

Ellen Andrews

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May 2025

On Piranesi and C.S. Lewis

What's the point of tracing allusions?

May 31 • 

Ellen Andrews

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Picture Book Review: The Skull

Jon Klassen nails it as usual

May 24 • 

Ellen Andrews

3

How Fantastic Is Mr. Fox?

Roald Dahl vs. Wes Anderson on the inimitable Mr. Fox

May 17 • 

Ellen Andrews

12

4

Would Jane Austen like Ender's Game?

Thoughts on what makes a good novel

May 10 • 

Ellen Andrews

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2

April 2025

On Frederick, by Leo Lionni

Redefining work and art, or; Leo Lionni reads Aesop's Fables

Apr 26 • 

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On Waiting in Mansfield Park (and Lent)

Why no one wants to identify with Fanny Price, and why we do anyways

Apr 19 • 

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