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The publications page gathers a growing pile of written work, reviews, and shared thoughts that have found their way into print and digital spaces over the years. Each entry represents a particular moment, a season of reading, a stretch of writing that felt worth capturing. There is a certain satisfaction in looking back at the stack and seeing how themes recur, how certain authors and illustrators keep showing up, how the same questions about representation and storytelling resurface. The collection is honest about its own proportions, not claiming to be comprehensive, just a record of what has been made public so far.
Much of the writing here grew out of the reading life documented across the site, the quarterly audits, the posts about books that lingered, the reviews that took shape after nights spent with a particular title. The process tends to be slow and careful, a lot of rereading, a lot of note-taking, a lot of sitting with the material before anything feels ready to share. The result is a body of work that leans toward nonfiction, toward essays and reviews that try to say something useful about the books and the people who make them.
Readers who have followed the blog will notice familiar threads woven through these published pieces. The interest in queer authors and protagonists, the attention to who gets to be a main character, the ongoing curiosity about how stories are told and who tells them. There is also a persistent concern with the practical side of reading, the tracking, the spreadsheets, the attempts to get an accurate count of what has been read in any given year. Those habits of attention carry over into the published writing, giving it a grounded, everyday quality.
The publications listed here have appeared in a range of outlets, from established print venues to smaller online spaces, each with its own audience and editorial character. Working with editors and publishers has been its own kind of education, learning how a piece gets shaped, trimmed, and sharpened before it reaches readers. The process has also meant learning to let go, to accept that a published essay is a snapshot, not the whole picture, and that the conversation continues in the comments, the replies, and the quiet corners of the web long after a piece goes live.
Looking ahead, the hope is to keep publishing, to keep finding homes for the writing that matters, and to keep the door open for new projects. The pile of drafts is never empty, and the reading list keeps growing in every direction, from adult nonfiction to audiobooks to whatever arrives from the library next. The site will continue to serve as the main home for the longer posts and the ongoing conversation, while the published pieces remain scattered reminders that writing, like reading, is best done in community, with patience and a willingness to keep going.
