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A place to celebrate good books and ponder the journeys they spark, both in the real world and in our heads.
May 23, 2023 • Barbara Shoup
The Artist and the Feast
and the paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck
Jan 13 • Barbara Shoup
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
Thanks
by W.S. Merwin
Nov 27, 2025 • Barbara Shoup
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
What We Can Know
May 2119.
Nov 9, 2025 • Barbara Shoup
Overtaken
The Indianapolis 500 is an institution in our family.
Nov 1, 2025 • Barbara Shoup
We Loved to Run
by Stephanie Reents
Oct 26, 2025 • Barbara Shoup
Book Pilgrim
Book Pilgrim
A place to celebrate good books and ponder the journeys they spark, both in the real world and in our heads.
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