Sara Franklin
Writer at Freelance
Writer. Teacher. Oral historian. Insatiable asker of questions. Lover of words. Twin mama. Big feelings all around.
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1 month ago |
eater.com | Sara Franklin
Lille Allen/Eater Five years ago this month, things began to come apart. Slowly at first, then all at once. Panic. Shutdown. Shelter in place orders. Schools shuttered. So many workplaces went fully remote. There is, it seems, a great reluctance to mark this COVID anniversary. So many editors have told me they’re done with COVID stories; people just don’t want to read them.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Sara Franklin
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. You can hear it, right? In the recesses of your childhood memories? A parent is reminding you—nagging you even—to eat your broccoli. Or maybe it’s an auntie, a neighbor, perhaps even a lunch monitor at school.
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Dec 7, 2024 |
booksaboutfood.com | Sara Franklin
An Economist Best Book of 2024Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath—finally gets her due in this “surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography” (Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem).
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Dec 5, 2024 |
eater.com | Sara Franklin
Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits I used to love the winter holidays. Fully. Unabashedly. I looked forward to a festive break from routine at the end of the calendar year, a bacchanalia to precede January’s clean-slate vibes. Even sticky family dynamics couldn’t put me off the season. Then, I had kids. Now, every year, just as my twins and I have finally settled back into a school-year rhythm, the holidays arrive and blow it all apart.
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Nov 30, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Sara Franklin
Dry January. A monthlong break from drinking. A way to start the new year by returning to some semblance of equilibrium after all the holiday hubbub and excess. A chance to clear your head, and reclaim a little self-control. And why not? A few weeks without drinking alcohol may induce a feeling of virtue. You might even drop a little weight. Your skin might improve. All good things. But what if we’ve got the reasons right, but the scheduling wrong?
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My third annual piece for @lithub about reading through the year with my kids. Holiday gift ideas for the young people in your lives and those who love to read with them. Make sure you support your local indie when you shop! https://t.co/nWXih9JT9m
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