Sunday, May 31, 2026

Last Post (at least for now)

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Dear readers of stephanievandrickreads, I am writing to tell you that after much thought, I have decided to discontinue this blog. There is ...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Guest Post: "The Antidote," by Karen Russell

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Today's guest post is written by my friend Sally Mansfield Abbot, the author of "Miami in Virgo," a feminist coming-of-age no...
Friday, October 3, 2025

"Pronatalism: Discourses and Counter Discourses," by Sarah Benesch

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Why and how are women pressured to have children? Sarah Benesch's brilliant book, "Pronatalism: Discourses and Counter Discourses,...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

"Long Bright River," by Liz Moore

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Some months ago, I tried to read Liz Moore's bestselling mystery novel, "The God of the Woods" (2024). From the descriptions a...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

"Care and Feeding," by Laurie Woolever -- a restaurant world memoir

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I apologize for the long gap in posting. I just finished reading a fascinating if sometimes painful to read memoir, "Care and Feeding...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

"The Eights," by Joanna Miller

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"The Eights" (Putnam, 2025), Joanna Miller's first novel, is the story of four young women who are members of Oxford Universit...
Saturday, May 3, 2025

Two Grief Memoirs by Writers Elizabeth Alexander and Geraldine Brooks

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After the death of my husband over three years ago, I accumulated a stack of books about loss and grief. Some I read or at least skimmed, ot...