Reading in Public

Reading in Public No. 97: My approach to reading poetry

Plus share your favorite poem

Apr 22 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 96: Is AI changing how we define what it means to write?

And how I'm rewriting my internal monologue in response

Apr 1 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 95: Reading while grieving

The books I'm reaching for now and how my reading is surprising me

Mar 25 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 94: Four adjustments I'm making to my reading life in 2026

And how to make them work for you

Feb 18 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 93: How to read more in 2026

Strategies for developing a reading rhythm in the new year

Feb 3 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 92: Readerly reflection prompts and bookish in's and out's

And in's and out's still in?

Dec 31, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 91: How is literary social media affecting what we read?

Seven key revelations from the FictionMatters social media survey

Dec 10, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 90: A year end reflection on my 2025 reading intentions

The successes, the failures, and the goals I forgot about entirely

Nov 26, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No 89: My favorite literary endeavors of the year, so far

And what they taught me about the how's and why's of my reading life

Nov 5, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 88: Maintaining reading satisfaction through the year-end hullabaloo

Mental shifts and reading tricks for avoiding the annual overwhelm

Oct 29, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

Reading in Public No. 87: The promise and perils of tracking our reading lives

And what would happen if we just let it all go?

Oct 22, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

POSSESSION Chapters 22-Postscript: "the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other"

In which we readers come to possess Possession

Oct 10, 2025 • Sara Hildreth

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