Don't Forget the Pies, Please

Writing the past isn't just about getting the facts right--it's about how that chapter in life felt and tasted

Today’s post is unusually personal: it may, or may not, be for everyone. It was written for a website memorializing a former Wesleyan University colleague, Christina Crosby, who suddenly passed over in January 2021 at 67. You can learn more about her here. Perhaps because I am writing a biography, I have come to see lives—including my own—in chapters ra…