Archive - Book Pilgrim

When I was working as the writer-in-residence at Broad Ripple High School’s Center for the Humanities and the Performing Arts (best job ever), I worked…

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May 2025

On the Mad River

It’s fate, Rosa Linda del Rio decides when, trying to decide where to go, she finds a one-way bus ticket to Mad River, Ohio in an envelope tucked behind…

May 22 •

The Boyhood of Cain

Recently, I’ve been thinking more than usual about what makes people do what they do, the paths that lead them from birth to moments of action that…

May 7 •

April 2025

If you’re lucky enough to have a tribe of cousins, as I do, you will love Krystelle Bamford’s Idle Grounds.

Apr 25 •

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

“Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her.”

Apr 18 •

It’s National Library Week!

Apr 12 •

It may be true that you can’t judge a book by its cover but it’s hard to deny the power of a gorgeous cover—like this one.

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Stone Yard Devotional

The unnamed narrator of Charlotte Woods’ Stone Yard Devotional flees her marriage and her career as a species conservationist in despair for a small…

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February 2025

The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts

Visiting the British Museum’s collection of manuscripts was at the top of my list of things to see on my first trip to England, in 1979.

Feb 22 •

Miss Buncle's Book

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January 2025

Sometimes the Cosmos--

Jan 28 •

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