Book Pilgrim

Paper Girl

A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Feb 7 • Barbara Shoup

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January 2026

The Diary of Anne Frank

Another thing I did while in New York City a few weeks ago was visit the Anne Frank Exhibit at the Center for Jewish History, which features a…

Jan 26 • Barbara Shoup

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An American Tune

and Hoosier Football Fever

Jan 19 • Barbara Shoup

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The Artist and the Feast

and the paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck

Jan 13 • Barbara Shoup

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A Few Books That Got Me Through My Annual Christmas Malaise

There were a lot of things I meant to do in December—writing a Book Pilgrim post or two, for example—but, alas, I fell into my annual holiday malaise…

Jan 2 • Barbara Shoup

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November 2025

Thanks

by W.S. Merwin

Nov 27, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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What Books Can Do

When I was in kindergarten, our teacher Miss Hoadley asked each of us to make up a story, then wrote them down as we told them to her.

Nov 25, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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What We Can Know

May 2119.

Nov 9, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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Overtaken

The Indianapolis 500 is an institution in our family.

Nov 1, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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October 2025

We Loved to Run

by Stephanie Reents

Oct 26, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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Some Banned Books That Changed Me

It’s Banned Books Week again and I’m thinking about banned books that changed me because they changed the way I saw the world.

Oct 6, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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September 2025

The Homemade God

In these days of super-sized male personalities, it’s more interesting than usual to consider the effect of a parent’s beliefs and behavior on their…

Sep 30, 2025 • Barbara Shoup

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