Elizabeth

Books on the Shelf 1.2

This is the second installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short response. Can you make out the title of the second book from the right? It’s Peter Ho Davies’s The Ugliest House in theContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.2”

Books on the Shelf 1.1

I am the only person I know who alphabetizes her private library. I do it with a sheer and unrelenting joy. I know how to find things, and I don’t have to remember where they are. Oh, you want to borrow my copy of Night Circus? Here you go! Feel like looking up that passageContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.1”

What Happens at Viable Paradise

Hi! If you’ve landed here—which also happens to be the inaugural post on my blog—I’d guess it’s because you’re thinking of applying to Viable Paradise, you’ve been accepted to Viable Paradise, or someone you know has been accepted, and you’d like to know what it is. The Viable Paradise website does a great job ofContinue reading “What Happens at Viable Paradise”