A sci-fi rescue, a literary memoir, and two poetic migration stories

Plus thoughts on traveling with a baby and how Barnes and Nobel became a bookstore hero

Hey, readers!

We’re back from a fun week in Palm Springs with baby Lou and a couple of our good friends. Flying with a baby is very very low on my list of activities I enjoy, but this trip was so worth it. Louise seemed to fully recognize that we were somewhere new and different…in a good way! We took her to the botanic gardens and the art museum, both o…