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A Geography of Reading

"It is by reading novels, stories, and myths that we come to understand the world in which we live." -Orhan Pamuk

Isla’s Writing

When I’m not reviewing books or working the day job, I’m a freelance writer and novelist. Here are some projects I’m working on:

Books

Clear Out the Static in Your Attic: A Writer’s Guide for Transforming Artifacts into Art

Your guide to endless inspiration. Order a copy today.

Polska, 1994

A coming of age novella about a young girl’s quest to find out why her mother never came home after being arrested by the secret police. Download your copy today.

Works in Progress

I’m hard at work on a second book of fiction as well as a collection of poems. When either is ready for public consumption, I’ll write about it here, until then, please come to a reading to hear excerpts from works in progress.

Freelance Writing and Guest Posts

I do (occasionally) write about topics other than books. Check out some of the posts I’ve written for other blogs:

Books, Writers, and the Publishing Industry

Portrait of a Press: Write Bloody Fights to Bring the Stage to the Page
Portrait of a Press: Canadian Biblioasis Thrives in “South Detroit”

The Art of Writing and Editing

Zen and the Art of Content Strategy: My Approach to Redesigning Moz’s Learn Center
For Writers Only: Secrets to Improving Engagement on Your Content Using Word Pictures (and I Don’t Mean Wordle)
Healthy Practices to Care for Yourself and Your Writing Muse

Travel

Enduring Paris (A Maptia Editors’ Pick)

Content Strategy, Social Media, & Internet Marketing

A Content Strategy Template You Can Build On
When Is a Blog the Right Form of Content Marketing?
The Un-Checkbox Approach to Content Marketing

Miscellaneous

The Collaborator: Interview with Rico Quirindongo AIA

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My Books

Polska, 1994

Polska 1994

Clear Out the Static in Your Attic

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Recent Posts

  • The Meaning of Life, Art, and the Sea with Anca Szilágyi and Dorthe Nors
  • Reading All About Love and Rabbits with Bell Hooks and Kate DiCamillo
  • Racing Through Mick Herron’s Slow Horses
  • My Favorite Books of 2021
  • Finding Home in The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

What I’m Reading

Isla's bookshelf: currently-reading

Birds of America
Birds of America
by Lorrie Moore
The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc.
The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc.
by Jonathan Lethem
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
Bomb: The Author Interviews
Bomb: The Author Interviews
by BOMB Magazine
On Writing
On Writing
by Jorge Luis Borges

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