Dear TCL Readers: It’s sweltering as I write this, as a heat wave has descended upon the Northeast after pummeling the Southwest for quite some time. It turns my brain into mush, to be frank — I always think I’m going to be productive in summers, and it never quite happens. This summer, of course, has an extra variable, in that it’s still the publication month of my latest anthology,
My brain turns to mush in heat as well, which is why my heart and pen are aiming to make Alaska home.