The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One
Remember mixtapes? I put together a 2026 version of it for a penpal – a curated list of podcast episodes about books and authors I love.
Books
Book reviews & analyses
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Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her
We don’t respect a woman we don’t like. What does it say about the gendering of respect? And why are unlikeable women unsettling?
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What ‘The Correspondent’ by Virginia Evans Returned To Me
The latest buzzy book is bringing me back to the gentleness of loving writing and connections. ‘The Correspondent’ is more than a collection of letters.
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The Feels This Week: Appetite & Consumption
From the Ibis trilogy’s dense histories to Van Gogh’s famine scene and a tale of grief as meals, my recent inspirations circled hunger & loss.
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Books That Were A Challenge To Read: Endurance Training For My Mind
My years of consciously chosen books and curated book experiences have me reflecting on what they taught me & where they tested me.
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Female Friendship: The 40s Made Me Rethink Midlife & Misogyny
Female friendship is flattened by patriarchy’s demands. Post 40, I’m finding other women seeking mindful connection & the ability to moderate.
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BOOK: Tsering Namgyal Khortsa’s Tibet & Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis
Reading a sprawling colonial saga (Sea of Poppies) and an intimate Tibetan memoir brings me specific lenses to see the world by. A book is my map.
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Flavours Of Women Of Colour: Bulbul Sharma, Deesha Philyaw
Women ’s stories linger in kitchens & church pews. They carry the weight of funeral households, prayer rituals and unspoken female desire.
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Notes In The Margin: ‘The Collected Regrets Of Clover’ – Mikki Brammer
A stranger gave me ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover’ in a rare act of generosity. The book gently looks at the messiness & mundaneity of grief.
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The Feels This Week: Mad Women In Books
Mad women on my mind—through cults, kitchens, crimes, and cosmic quests. These stories of rage, resistance, and reckoning ask: what makes a woman mad?
