For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] What does it mean to love the art but recoil at the artist? Claire Dederer, author of the acclaimed memoirs Poser and Love and Trouble, breathes new life into this question in her stirring and revelatory book Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. Building on her viral Paris Review essay, “What Do We Do with the … Read more
[ad_1] I’ve been using a meditation app lately, part of a new year’s resolution to turn myself into a person possessed of inner calm. At the start of a recent session, the voice guiding me toward serenity made a statement that would have stopped me in my tracks had I not already sentenced myself to … Read more
[ad_1] Anyone who has lost a beloved pet knows the profound grief that can accompany this experience. And yet, while there are many codified rituals for mourning a human loved one, mourning a pet’s death can be more amorphous. In her compassionate and revelatory new book Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, author … Read more