Queeribel: The Big Gay Exposé, Part 3
Hey again, y’all. To probably nobody’s surprise, life has once again been bounteous in its chaos harvest over here. Suffice it to say that (1) I did not end...
Queeribel: The Big Gay Exposé, Part 2
Welcome back! Claribel was quite possibly queer, and I’m telling you all about it! Was planning to get this out last week, but of course Events™ intervened...
Queeribel: The Big Gay Exposé, Part 1
Whoo-wee, folks, I’m so sorry it’s been so long, but boy have I got something special for you. I've been sitting on this theory for over three years now, and...
The way back to Erin: Claribel's music and Irish pathos (part 1, likely)
HI. I missed y’all. It’s been eons, I know, but the last several months have been… hard, for multiple reasons, some of which you can probably surmise from...
Changing of the seasons: a public talk, a new job, and other miscellaneous updates
Hey all! Every time I start writing one of these missives, I think it’s been too long since I wrote the last one, and surely this will be the time I get back...
Big discovery: I found another Claribel byline!!
Hi!! I missed y’all. And boy, do I ever have a find to share with you today… One of the things I tried and failed to track down during my giant England...
Dispatches from my bookshelves
Hi all! Conference prep is keeping me busy and will be for a hot minute here, but I wanted to pop in and share a few of the books I’ve finished lately —...
What makes a cedar waxwing sing
Hey all! I’d been casting about for a good newsletter topic, and I’m still working on a few more detailed ideas, but in the meantime I found this story...
Literally just a bunch of food recommendations
Hello again! Let’s do something lighthearted this time. I mentioned in my last email from the TinyLetter platform that I was in Scotland at the time. It was...
a room of her own
I’m writing this update from my new desk. New to me, that is - it’s actually an Edwardian-era English-made writing desk that I bought off Facebook...
Testing, testing...
Hello again, everyone! Hopefully you saw my prior email about having to migrate off TinyLetter. If not, and this is how you're finding out, I promise it's...