“To know a story is to carry it always, etched in his bones, even if dormant for decades.” (Melissa Fu, […]
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“To know a story is to carry it always, etched in his bones, even if dormant for decades.” (Melissa Fu, […]
Released just over a year ago, Madeline Miller’s Circe has since appeared on several bestseller lists and earned even more […]
I began reading Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos on my own due date, desperately trying to keep busy […]
There are few things I enjoy more in my fiction than a good, unreliable narrator. As someone who loves the […]
I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I had my first laparoscopy at 14. I’m very lucky. I got my period […]
When Laura put out the call to the Nursing Clio team for Beach Reads essays, I didn’t think I’d have […]
bardo, noun (In Tibetan Buddhism) a state of existence between death and rebirth, varying in length according to a person’s […]
America’s oldest public hospital started as a tiny, one-room infirmary in a New York City almshouse in 1736. Two hundred […]
Hands down, my favorite book of 2016 (and possibly ever) was The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. I read it with […]
Two years ago, my husband Clayton was murdered. That summer, I wrote a lot in my journal. I felt angry […]