Articles by: Sara Jonsson
Remember the scene where the Beast tells Belle to close her eyes, leads her into a dark, dusty room, and then rips open the drapes, revealing the most incredible library any of us have every seen? Books cover the walls from floor to ceiling, or maybe sky, wrapping around columns [...]
Stacy Schiff gets it. She gets people. She studies lives tirelessly and fiercely and perfectly, and when she is finished studying, she publishes works of flawlessly interpreted, beautiful and meticulously researched prose. Her biographies have reawakened my love of history, and given me the gift of feeling well-informed and eloquent [...]
Anyone who donates hundreds of thousands of anything to people in need, and doesn’t want recognition, is fascinating. Even if she’s donated something useless like pen caps to a veterinary shelter, we want to know: why did she do it?! And why doesn’t she want you to know?! I’m dropping [...]
Being sick is the perfect excuse to stay in bed all day, guilt-free, devouring great books. Let’s not pretend your brain is firing on all cylinders, though. Now is not the time to dive into Moby-Dick. No, when you’re aching all over and your head is a snot factory, you want [...]
