Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace

is the author of seven books, including Where Reasons End and Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life. Tolstoy Together was inspired by the virtual book club she hosted with A Public Space to read War and Peace. Her daily reading journal appears in the book, alongside commentary from hundreds of fellow readers, including Garth Greenwell, Amitava Kumar, Sara Majka, Tom Drury, Alexandra Schwartz, Carl Phillips, and others.

is a Staff Writer at The New Yorker, where she writes mainly on books and culture. Previously, she worked at The New York Review of Books.