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An Excerpt from "Christmas at the Women's Hotel"
Christmas at the Women’s Hotel is coming out in about a week.
Oct 7
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Daniel Lavery
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September 2025
Fielding Questions About How Big the Bus I Get to Drive for Work is
Driving the big bus at work makes me feel like a character in Richard Scarry’s Busytown, alive with purpose, and surrounded by co-laborers who manage to…
Sep 29
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Daniel Lavery
117
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A Mild Defense of Mansfield Park's Edmund Bertram
“I am going to write a husband whom no one but myself will much like"
Sep 24
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Daniel Lavery
60
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Three Parents Discuss Children's Books, Part II
"I think Nikki is a liar and Grandma knows exactly what happened."
Sep 20
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Daniel Lavery
28
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"I'm taking my ten" jobs versus "Are you going to the meeting later?" jobs
First order of business: Today some friends and I are starting a new website!
Sep 15
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Daniel Lavery
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Three Parents Talk About Children's Books
The celebrity of the moon, the going-to-bed plot, against moralizing
Sep 8
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Daniel Lavery
33
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It's Your First Day As A Medieval Chef. Time To Learn To Use Spices To Mask The Taste of Rotting Meat
Related: The middle class is always emerging, there must have been at least one good reason to join the Puritans in 1600, and middle-class striver…
Sep 2
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Daniel Lavery
62
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August 2025
Everything Henry James Calls "Vulgar" In His Personal Correspondence
Oh, everything is vulgar to you. Sitting is vulgar. Typewriters. Going to Austria.
Aug 25
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Daniel Lavery
33
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A Morning Shower Angers the Gods
In the morning, you primarily put things on (clothes, makeup, sunscreen, shoes, hair products) while in the evening you primarily take things off…
Aug 22
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Daniel Lavery
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The Worst Children's Books Are The Ones You Make Up Yourself
Did you know that last week’s “How to Brush Your Baby’s Teeth” was The Chatner’s 1,000th post?
Aug 20
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Daniel Lavery
53
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A Good Day To Join The Hittite Army: At Last, Hittites
Since 2023, The Chatner has been following the adventures of a Bronze Age shepherd named Hani looking to join up with the Hittite Army.
Aug 15
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Daniel Lavery
27
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Cupid and Psyche, Part III: Aphrodite Gets Out Of The Tub At Last
He therefore turned in his course and flew toward the great Ocean, where he found his mother bathing herself, as she did twenty-three hours of the day.
Aug 13
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Daniel Lavery
30
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