This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kirsten Bradford, a 30-year-old marketing professional based in Dallas, Texas. It's been edited for length and clarity. After losing my marketing ...

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I will be forever grateful to Lily King for her 2020 book “Writers and Lovers,” which was the first novel to break me out of my COVID pandemic disorientation that left me — and many others, as I ...