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Courtney Martin
Dec 28, 2025
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  1. I appreciated this Literary Hub Best of 2025 List of Lists. I have so much reading to catch up on! I just read The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There by Jennifer Eli Bowen and loved it (cover designed by my very talented sister-in-law, Mary Austin Speaker). Check out this gorgeous line: “A life’s work: building a room that keeps us whole, an…

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