March Reads

1. The Girl with the Gallery by Lindsay Pollock. I spotted this book for three years straight at a used bookstore in the boonies of Vermont. Finally, last year, I purchased it. Pollock penned this biography of Edith Gregor Halpert who, at 26 years old, opened one of the first galleries in Greenwich Village. She is one of the “forgotten” women who changed the modern art market, and I’m excited to learn her story and fantasize about the golden years of being a gallerist.
2. Transformations by Anne Sexton. Sexton reimagines 15 Grimm’s fairy tales. While I’ve read passages and pieces, I’ve never read the poems in their entirety, in order. Now’s the chance.
3. Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne with Lisa M. Ross. As a former employee of a (wonderful) parenting book company, I am notoriously wary of parenting books. This book, however, celebrates all the things you don’t need to be a good parent, and reminds us how to live a simple and mindful existence that will benefit our children in the long run. I’m excited for it.
4. Great House by Nicole Krauss. Started last month, I’m only about halfway through (I blame one too many binge-listening sessions to RadioLab). Time to get back to reading.

Aspirational Additions:

1. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. A re-read of this classic has been calling out to me every time I pass over it on my shelf. Perhaps I’ll pull it down on a Sunday afternoon.
2. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman. I’ve stopped and started this book a few times, but can’t find enough interest to finish it. Perhaps March is the month.
3. The New Yorker. I can’t freaking believe I’m still working on my pile of these (pile as in less than a dozen). I told myself I couldn’t order a subscription to the magazine until I finished all of the New Yorkers I’d already purchased. And, if I don’t finish them within 3 weeks, then no subscription for me. Clock’s ticking.