March 29, 2025
4

Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Gentler Workouts + Joan Didion on Hemingway.

Fashion Trends
An interview with Joan Didion on Hemingway, wisdom about working out from Nikki Glaser, and…
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March 26, 2025
10

March Discoveries.

Learnings
A roundup of some favorite moments, discoveries, and learnings from this month. What has it…
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March 12, 2025
24

What Are We Reading This Spring?

Book Club
My top recommendations for what to read in spring 2025 -- Wild Dark Shore, The…
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January 19, 2025
0

The Magpie Diary: Jan. 19, 2022.

Musings + Essays
Thoughts on reading poetry, and a brief analysis of Galway Kinnell's "The Bear."
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December 15, 2024
11

The Magpie Diary: Dec. 15, 2024.

Musings + Essays
Everything on my mind and heart this week while visiting New York and writing fiction.
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November 27, 2024
16

The Bad Book Girl Continues Her Unlearning.

Musings + Essays
My continuing thoughts on reading "good-bad books," defining artistic goodness/greatness/badness, and more.
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November 19, 2024
8

Books That Give Us New Sky.

Book Club
Thoughts on books that continue to change with each re-reading.
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November 16, 2024
12

Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Bad Book Girls, Loving Things Moms Say to Each Other + More.

Musings + Essays
Everything that inspired me this week, from being "a bad book girl" to loving things…
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November 12, 2024
15

The Secretly Bad Book Girl and Becoming Theseus.

Learnings
Thoughts on overcoming a lack of creative and intellectual confidence.
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October 5, 2024
7

Jen’s Weekend Drafts: A Diamond as Big as the Ritz, New Styling Ideas, + More.

Fashion Trends
Everything that inspired me this week, from Fitzgerald's novella "A Diamond as Big as The…
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August 20, 2024
15

Magpie Book Club: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

Book Club
A book review for my Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante -- a great candidate for…
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July 15, 2024
6

What the Thunder Said.

Book Club
Reflections on reading, permission, and guilt.
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