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Author Archives: Lisa Peet

“Gray Hair Don’t Care”: An Excerpt from Sari Botton’s And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo
Excerpts / Features / memoir

“Gray Hair Don’t Care”: An Excerpt from Sari Botton’s And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

By Sari Botton

“The blonde stripes also felt like a cosmetic lie I was no longer willing to live with; in the weeks after each application, I had the feeling I was wearing a hat, or a wig, that slid slowly off my head.” Continue reading →

Away Game: Marcia DeSanctis on Travel, Movement, and Finding the Thread
Features / Interviews / Nonfiction

Away Game: Marcia DeSanctis on Travel, Movement, and Finding the Thread

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“There’s an essay in my book from one of the most unglamorous places in the world, Waterbury, Connecticut, but I love it. I think you can find wonder and mystery everywhere. I think you can experience newness anywhere.” Continue reading →

Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging
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Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“It was a tricky balance for me to go into this in a receptive spirit, and to find what might work for me in this way of looking at the relationship between the living family and the dead family.” Continue reading →

“Diamond District” and “Sleeping” from Katharine Weber’s collection, <em>Jane of Hearts and Other Stories</em>
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“Diamond District” and “Sleeping” from Katharine Weber’s collection, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

“Let the stone tell you what it wants to be and allow it to become that thing,” the old man whispered. Isabel peered through the loupe and bent over her grandfather’s work table. Continue reading →

Sari Botton on Oldster, Aging, and Crooked Career Paths
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Sari Botton on Oldster, Aging, and Crooked Career Paths

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“I’m really heartened to learn that I’m not the only person who feels many different ages inside myself.” Continue reading →

Elise Engler on <em>A Diary of the Plague Year</em>
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Elise Engler on A Diary of the Plague Year

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“The longer I did it, I couldn’t be absurd anymore, because there was too much at stake. And it also was much more interesting to draw what mattered.” Continue reading →

Course Correction: Stephanie Gangi on <em>Carry the Dog</em>
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Course Correction: Stephanie Gangi on Carry the Dog

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I really did feel like [the title] demonstrated the core theme of the book, which is determination and resilience, and figuring out how to navigate with some awkward grace.” Continue reading →

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