Regan’s newsletter

Contemporary Coming of Age

Recommending two recent debuts & considering the codependent friendship novel (plus a quiz!)

Aug 21 • 

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July 2025

Six favorite novels of the past six months

A mid-year check-in & recommending literature in translation

Jul 18 • 

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June 2025

Reading Routine

On 3 books that settle into satisfying everyday rhythm

Jun 4 • 

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March 2025

On "translator completionism" & seeking syllabi for your reading

Why not let your favorite translators curate your reading list?

Mar 24 • 

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February 2025

People Reading in Public (Pt. 2)

Discovering fifteen more books "in the wild"

Feb 25 • 

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December 2024

My 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

Fifty favorite reads from the past twelve months

Dec 19, 2024 • 

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November 2024

The 5+ Club: On "author completionism" & keeping track of who you read

How do you know when you know an author well?

Nov 30, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Why read literature in translation? (Pt. 2)

Recommending books by authors from Mauritania, Iceland, and Argentina (in the 2nd half of my August reading wrap-up)

Sep 30, 2024 • 

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August 2024

My Women in Translation Month Wrap-Up (Pt. 1)

In the first half of August, I read 3 books from Argentina, Japan, and Germany

Aug 23, 2024 • 

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It's Women in Translation Month!

For August, I'm recommending 3 novels translated from Japanese, German, and Bosnian

Aug 2, 2024 • 

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July 2024

The Memoir-in-Essays

On the overlapping subgenres of narrative nonfiction & 3 recently published hybrid favorites

Jul 20, 2024 • 

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If you liked Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy...

Recommending 3 dialogue-driven novels that evoke the intimacy of the films Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, & Before Midnight

Jul 5, 2024 • 

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