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I'm a freelance editor/writer/researcher/critic. I love books, art, travel, ideas, and family. she/her/hers

Austin, Texas, USA
Joined September 2008
Maya Arad's recent novel, HAPPY NEW YEARS, transcends one country in her exploration of othering. My review appears in the September/October 2025 issue of @worldlittoday. worldliteraturetoday.org/202…
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My review of Solvej Balle's ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, BOOK 1 (trans. Barbara J. Haveland) is featured in the May issue of WORLD LITERATURE TODAY, just out. The novel's shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize (winner announced May 20). worldliteraturetoday.org/202…
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Visualize a rosy year ahead. #ATX #FlowerReport #2025 🌹
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“Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming.” #FlowerReport #ATX 💜
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Happy Thanksgiving!! 🍁 🍂 #FlowerReport
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Thanks, @bookcritics! 📚
NBCC member @LanieTankard reviewed "The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World" by Christine Rosen for @On_The_Seawall: buff.ly/4eD8NRG
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"She calls for limits on 'the more extreme projects proposed by our technoenthusiasts,' not by stifling innovation but via 'a commitment to our shared humanity'": @LanieTankard on Christine Rosen's THE EXTINCTION OF EXP_ERIENCE @wwnorton @On_The_Seawall bit.ly/4fuyrtk
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Ever wonder what we cede to #AI? My review of Christine Rosen's THE EXTINCTION OF EXPERIENCE is in the November/December issue of @ronslate's ON THE SEAWALL. ronslate.com/on-the-extincti… #Technology #UserExperience #Queues #Humanity #Boredom #Creativity #SocialMedia #CAD #Algorithms
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The Nov/Dec edition of @On_The_Seawall welcomes everyone to our gallery of voices. ronslate.com
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“To contemplate is to look at shadows.” #VictorHugo #ATX #FlowerReport
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Why, aloe there, little buddy! Welcome to #ATX! #FlowerReport
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” 📚#ATX #FlowerReport #Cicero
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“Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.” #ATX #thebard #loveslaborslost #Berowne
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🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ I’d call that a murder. #ATX #CrowReport
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