Archive - Melinda's Letter

Proust is a Beach Read

On the fictional Balbec, the real Cabourg, and romanticizing the beach.

10 hrs ago •

June 2025

Listening to All the Books I Want to Read

A dispatch from the reading life.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Madame Bovary and the making of a mother.

May 8 •

April 2025

Attention Romance Readers...

There's an ebook event today that I must share with you.

Apr 22 •

I Hated My High School English Teacher

My brat era and reading harder in the face of anti-intellectualism. Also, I made you a present.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

A Short History of Cancan

Can you still be a respectable woman if you dance so hard and kick so high that your underwear shows?

Mar 4 •

February 2025

A New Book and Other News

Read an excerpt of Complications in Paris.

Feb 4 •

January 2025

Champagne Dreams

Here's to a new year, the widow Clicquot, and little celebrations.

Jan 7 •

December 2024

Books I Can't Shut Up About

My favorite books of 2024 so far.

Dec 1, 2024 •

November 2024

Election Stress and Mind-Expanding Tea

If you're nervous like me, here's something else to think about.

Nov 5, 2024 •

October 2024

It's Book Release Day!

Read an excerpt of Love and the Downfall of Society.

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

Charles Swann's Bad Marriage

On reputation and the nature of love.

Sep 3, 2024 •

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