There is truly nothing more fulfilling to a writer than knowing your book found a reader who connects with it as something longed-for. And this week I learned that it’s even more exhilarating if the reader pulls out a quote from the book that describes the motivation for writing it. On Instagram, the writer Leah De Forest did just that! . . .
My latest newsletter is about my upcoming class in Miami and much more, including some of what I’m reading and thinking about these days.
One of my strongest hopes in writing Ancestor Trouble was that it might help some people feel less marooned with their own ancestor troubles. So you can imagine how touched and floored I was to find the book listed in The Atlantic by Tajja Isen—a writer and editor I deeply admire—as one of “Six Books That Will Make You You Feel Less Alone,” alongside great books like Saeed Jones’ Alive at the End of the World and others I need to read.
My summer editorial offerings focus on my greatest strength and interest: working with fellow writers who are reckoning with their own troubled family histories.