Archive - A New American Dream

Some Writer/Reader Thoughts on ACOTAR

I finished ACOTAR (books 1 and 2)

Jul 29, 2024 •

February 2024

Children are Not Commodities, Nor Are They a Lifestyle Choice

But since we live in capitalistic America, let’s go ahead and discuss this in that context.

Feb 28, 2024 •

And "The Constant Vacillation Between Despising Domestic Drudgery and Aspiring to Domestic Bliss" (51)

Feb 14, 2024 •

I'd Like to Live Near You, My Friends

I recently finished the book I’ll Be There for You: The One About Friends; I can’t tell you how and why I came to read this book—I'm living in The…

Feb 7, 2024 •

November 2023

Where Do I Go From Here? Part 2

On Slowing Down, Waiting for the Muse, and Social Media Use in the Time of Atrocities

Nov 4, 2023 •

October 2023

A Collage Essay: Bearing Witness

1.Thanks for reading A New American Dream!

Oct 28, 2023 •

Reflections on Week One of Poetry Sharing

Oct 10, 2023 •

Where Do I Go From Here?

Above my desk is a framed quote of one of Wendell Berry’s famous poems.

Oct 2, 2023 •

August 2023

An Acceptable Level of Failure

Melody Heide in conversation with Claire Dederer's "Monsters"

Published on book(ish) • Aug 24, 2023

June 2023

Sandwiches: A Collage Essay

Jun 8, 2023 •

November 2022

Positive turns to the negative, negative to the positive

Nov 9, 2022 •

July 2022

Suggested Reading

Or, I'm not hitting my once a week goal, ope!

Jul 22, 2022 •

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