by Andi | Dec 6, 2017 | Written and Wrought
When I worked in bookstores, one of the most agitating parts of my job was standing in the fiction section with a great novel and realizing it didn’t go in the fiction/literature section but in the “gay fiction” or “African American... by Andi | Nov 29, 2017 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
On November 14th, I launched my newest book Love Letters to Writers. Because of the first trimester of my pregnancy, I had to make the choice to be a bit less intense – i.e. stressed – about this launch than I had about others, and yet, I wanted to be sure... by Andi | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
Here in the U.S., many of us celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow. It’s a hard day for many because of the fraught history of slaughter and colonization associated with the day, because of the grief some of us experience because of someone missing, because of the... by Andi | Nov 15, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Lately, by sheer happenstance, I’ve been reading novels about bookish folks or bookish places. I just finished Nicole Yoon’s lovely YA novel, Everything, Everything,* and I’m in the midst of Katherine Reay’s The Bronte Plot.* Both are about... by Andi | Nov 8, 2017 | Written and Wrought
We go up to heaven and down to hell a dozen times a day – at least, I do. And the discipline of work provides an exercise bar, so that the wild, irrational motions of the soul become formal and creative. – May Sarton in Journal of a Solitude Seated in the...