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What to read when you turn 40.
You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older…
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
May 2022
What to read when you're married.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me...
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
April 2022
What to read if you could really use a good laugh.
On the role of comedy in times of shittiness
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
March 2022
What to read when you’re homesick.
"Oh, I want to be there, in my city…"
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
February 2022
What to read if you think you want to write a novel.
(You might not actually want to)
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
January 2022
What to read before starting therapy.
Congrats on an excellent decision, by the way
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
December 2021
What to read if you badly need a break but don’t know how to take one.
Worriers of the world, unwind!
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
November 2021
What to read when you’re in love with someone who doesn’t love you back.
I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
October 2021
What to read if you don’t want to return to the office but have to.
Explain to us again why this is a good idea
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
September 2021
What to read when you’re about to become a parent.
(A farcical notion, because nothing can prepare you)
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
August 2021
What to read when you move to the suburbs.
So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass...
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
July 2021
What to read when you move to New York City.
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff
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