Welcome to The Tearoom

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

    Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

    Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

    Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

    Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

    Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

    Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

    O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

    What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

    The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

    When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

    A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

    James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

    After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

    Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

    The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

    What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Review: ‘Peregrine Hill’ by Nina de Gramont

      Nina de Gramont’s ‘Peregrine Hill’ follows four women in the Gilded Age as they fight for dignity in a world of lace, silk, and rigid expectations. With grief, secrets, and stories hidden in the…

    • Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Can an Algorithm Love? A Conversation with Laura Brooke Robson

      Author Laura Brooke Robson joins me to talk about her novel Love is an Algorithm, and what happens when AI meets the human heart. We dig into the moral questions, the balance between technology…

    • Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Lady Tremaine: The Truth Behind the Ball

      Hochhauser spins a clever tale that reminds us that we needn’t lose ourselves or our dignity in search of romance, of a prince. Indeed, the acquiring of a prince will often cause grief, rather…

    • O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      O Caledonia: The Novel That Outlived Its Author

      What strikes me most about O Caledonia is that Elspeth Barker’s only novel feels strangely alive. Janet is a bookish daydreamer who never fits into her world, and Barker gives her the wide-eyed wonder…

    • The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      The Rain Watcher: When Nature Gets Angry

      When nature gets angry, human concerns can suddenly seem very small. In *The Rain Watcher*, a family reunion in Paris is overshadowed by catastrophic flooding, a father’s devastating stroke, and the secrets that have…

    • A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      A Death in the Family by James Agee: A Reflection on Grief and Loss

      James Agee’s ‘A Death in the Family’ is a haunting novel about death, grief, childhood, family, and the mystery of loss.

    • After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      After Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Other Love Story

      Logan Steiner’s After Anne imagines the life of L. M. Montgomery and asks what happens when a woman’s love of writing collides with marriage, expectations, and the life she has already begun to build.

    • The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds: A Review

      What does it mean to love a monster? In Lucy Steeds’s The Artist and the Feast, a young woman’s talent is buried beneath years of cruelty and control—until an unexpected visitor begins to see…

    • After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

      Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…

    After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

    After Anne: An Interview with Logan Steiner

    Logan Steiner’s ‘After Anne’ is one of my favorite novels, a moving portrait of L.M. Montgomery before and after her marriage. I invited Logan to the Tearoom table to talk about Maud’s complicated relationship…