Madeline Knopf

Suddenly, everything I see is a type of circle. The music I play on my record player—a circle. The lentils I cooked last night—circles. The bracelet that is hitting my...

I've always loved things that are distinctly human: mixing up words by mistake because your mind is moving quickly (Paul Simon and Fart Artgunkel); tripping over your feet from nothing;...

I worry that if I stop and smell the flowers, a bee will go up my nose. That happened once to some kid I knew in elementary school. Not like...

In regular conversations, I tend to listen more than speak. I have identified listening as one of the most helpful and even necessary practiced skills. So, you may be confused...

Sometimes I think about the nights in my childhood when I couldn’t sleep. When it was so warm and the crickets were screaming. It must have been summer, but my...