The Roundup: Alias Grace

I refuse to watch “The Handmaid’s Tale” until a certain administration is out of the White House, because from what I hear, it’s tracking a little too close to reality and I can’t yet. But I looked for other Margaret Atwood books to read, and sure enough, I found “Alias Grace.” This book is about … Read more

End-of-Year Roundup!

Whew! 2019 was a heckuva decade. Good thing I had some books around to read. Here are my favorite books that *I* read this year (not that came out this year). It’s hard for me to find time to read. I have a job. Two kids. A side hustle. Three kids, actually, if you count … Read more

The Roundup: The 1619 Project and Ms. Morrison

The thing that annoys me the most about the conversations around reparations (and there are other, minor annoyances, believe me) is that the talk remains centered around money and property. When I read Ta-nehesi Coates’ essay for The Atlantic “A Case for Reparations” — and if you are a resident of America and haven’t read … Read more

The Roundup: I Almost Didn’t Make it to the End of ‘Queen of the Night’

It took a few months, but I finally finished Alexander Chee’s “Queen of the Night” and it was worth every penny of that overdue penalty from the library. OK, seriously, I have never read a book that had me so anxious at the end. I realized I was holding my breath! No spoilers I guess, … Read more

The Roundup: The West Wing, Alexander Chee and a Journalist’s Role

It’s time to dust this blog off! Looking back at my previous entries, it looks like I dropped off “The West Wing.” I had been watching it, but man, between the 9/11 episode to start the third season and Mrs. Landingham dying at the end of season 2, I needed a break. I was watching … Read more

Therapy with TWA: This Moment Right Here

“They say African Americans have to be twice as good, especially women. I’m perfectly OK with having to be twice as good.” Serena Williams said that. I’ve been thinking about it a lot this month, and it’s part of the reason I got mad with her at the U.S. Open. You don’t set your standards … Read more

I finally won NaNoWriMo!

The first time I did NaNoWriMo, it was 2005 and I managed to rope in my ride-or-die buddy from the copy desk. In case you’ve never heard of it, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, and the goal is to write 50,000 during the month of November. To do that, you need to write … Read more