Here’s to the Books that Built Me

Digging into the past to thank my page-numbered friends

Photo by the author (originally posted to Instagram)

Since early in the pandemic, I’ve felt the tug of nostalgia. I’ve reread old books and replayed old video games, drawn by the comfort of a time when the world didn’t feel so scary and unpredictable.

That’s not to say the world wasn’t scary and unpredictable, of course. But I was young and…