It’s paywalled, but you can see the pretty cover photo here
KQED Forum: What Does Utopia Mean to You? →
Listen to my interview with Mina Kim and William Paris on KQED’s The Forum.
Happy to be a member of the 2023 class of Penn Fellows
I finally joined social media for real
So, I have finally taken the plunge and joined Instagram. I resisted this decision for many years because I just feel like the whole enterprise is manipulative and dangerous and I hate being a product. I also despise Meta as a company. Many moons ago I once had a Tumblr account, but I completely deleted it at some point and lost all of my followers. I have a TikTok account started for me by a former student, but I have no idea how to use that platform.
An editor once said to me that if I wanted to reach young people with my writing, I had to meet them where they are, which is on social media. My daughter is on Instagram and so are many of my students, so I am trying to figure out how to use this whole platform. If you are so inclined, please follow me at @kristenghodsee. You can watch me flail.
Everyday Utopia in Maine!
Check out this amazing drone footage of the Cribstone Bridge
Everyday Utopia in Harpswell, Maine
First day of school
2023 Reading Challenge: The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
I got a preprint of this wonderful novel from the author, and I finally got around to reading it. I enjoyed the book immensely: it is hopeful and imaginative and will appeal to anyone interested in alternative visions of our climate crisis future. I was especially a fan of the co-housing developments that appear throughout.
My conversation with Lauren Goode for WIRED's Have a Nice Future podcast →
Listen or read the transcript now
My interview with the amazing Sean Illing for the Gray Area podcast →
I adored this conversation with Sean Illing. Read the transcript or listen to the full podcast on whichever platform you use.
A clip from my interview with Sean Illing
Photos from the Half King Reading Series at the Salmagundi Club in New York
On Tuesday night, I had a wonderful time with Glenn Raucher and the Half King Reading Series. I did this event at the old Half King back in November 2018, and according to Glenn, I am the first author to have done this event in both places. We had a great crowd that asked fantastic questions. Thanks to Shannon Hennessey for organizing it all!
Summer Reading: Either/Or
I like The Idiot much better, but this book was still insightful and funny.
Watch my talk at New York's Society for Ethical Culture →
Check out the video here
Some scenes from the Second Life Book Club
Listen to my interview on public radio about the Amazing Campus Galli! →
Fall book tour!
Join me in person at the following venues. More information available on my events page.
Summer Reading: Life is Short
I had high hopes for this one, but found it pretty jargon-filled and inaccessible. Thankfully, it was actually quite short.
Summer reading: The Idiot
My daughter has been pestering me to read this for months and I finally got around to it. It took a while for me to warm up to it, but in the end I fell in love with the narrative. And now I must start the sequel…
A Video of my City Lights Live! event from July 19th →
Photos from Freiburg and Waldkirch, Germany
I have lived in this part of Germany for roughly sixteen months over the last 8 years, and the natural beauty of the place still astonishes me. I went to the Münsterplatz Market on Saturday and enjoyed a lovely evening in the Black Forest Town of Waldkirch that evening. Yesterday, I went to the Freiburg Schlossberg Festival and caught a great snap of the sunset.
Photos from Berlin and Everyday Utopia Spotted in the Dussman Bookstore
Spent 5 wonderful nights in Berlin
