Light reading at lunchtime

More themed reading on our blog today — this time, the focus is on food and frivolity.

A friend shared the McSweeney's post Welcome to Mary Oliver Garden, which promised "Italian-adjacent cuisine and poignant observations about the human condition as it intersects with the natural world" and delivered lots of laughter.

The same day, I found yet another post about the Colleen Hoover sales phenomenon.

The link to Mary Oliver Garden? One publishing industry expert interviewed for the piece compared fans' passion for Hoover to "comfort eating."

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