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Bear It Somehow: Our Year in Family Reading

Bear It Somehow: Our Year in Family Reading

Sara B. Franklin on Telling the Truth (and Making It Bearable)

By Sara B. Franklin | December 11, 2024

When Judith Jones Brought Sylvia Plath and Julia Child to American Bookshelves

When Judith Jones Brought Sylvia Plath and Julia Child to American Bookshelves

Sara B. Franklin on the Legendary Editor’s Mentorship of Two Iconic Authors

By Sara B. Franklin | May 28, 2024

My Year in Reading Children’s Books

My Year in Reading Children’s Books

Sara B. Franklin Recommends Cecilia Ruiz, Steve McCarthy, and Many More

By Sara B. Franklin | December 6, 2023

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Sara B. Franklin on the Reading That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 7, 2022

“To Learn From the Natural World.” On Ada Limón’s Brilliant Poetic Project

“To Learn From the Natural World.” On Ada Limón’s Brilliant Poetic Project

Sara Franklin Talks to the Author of The Hurting Kind

By Sara B. Franklin | May 10, 2022

What <em>Julia</em>—HBO’s New Julia Child Series—Gets Terribly Wrong About Legendary Editor Judith Jones

What Julia—HBO’s New Julia Child Series—Gets Terribly Wrong About Legendary Editor Judith Jones

Sara Franklin on the Stark Boundaries Between Myth and Reality

By Sara B. Franklin | April 27, 2022

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The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

By Sara B. Franklin | December 1, 2021

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

By Sara B. Franklin | October 21, 2021

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

By Sara B. Franklin | December 21, 2020

Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

Sara Franklin on the Magic of Ross Gay in Terrible Times

By Sara B. Franklin | June 18, 2020

How Judith Jones Radically Transformed American Food Writing

How Judith Jones Radically Transformed American Food Writing

Sara B. Franklin on the Legendary Editor

By Sara B. Franklin | March 10, 2020

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