From the Acknowledgements in Jo Walton’s novel, Everybody’s Perfect: This past is not another country, […]
Commonplace book: April 2026
From A Long and Speaking Silence, by Nghi Vo: The problem was that Chih [cared]. […]
Commonplace book: March 2026
From The Language of Liars, by S.L. Huang: Their learning at the Warren stressed it […]
Commonplace book: Winter 2025-2026
From Through Gates of Garnet and Gold, by Seanan McGuire: To be kind to a […]
Commonplace Book: September 2025
From Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang: …the natural laws of the world were set but fragile. […]
Commonplace Book: August 2025
From Making History, by K.J. Parker: People are like that with their language. They knock […]
Commonplace book: July 2025
From “When He Calls Your Name,” by Catherynne M. Valente: But she wasn’t really a […]
Commonplace Book: May & June 2025
From The Bewitching, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: The stories contradicted one another as all good oral […]
Commonplace Book: April 2025
From “No Comfort,” by Fintan O’Toole: So what does Shakespeare teach us? Nothing. His tragic […]
