Balcony In the Forest - Week Two

Chapters 6 - 7

Apr 8 • Hilary Layne

9

26

Balcony In the Forest - Week One

Reading Schedule and Discussion For the First Five Chapters

Apr 1 • Hilary Layne

23

32

March 2026

The Book Club: Starting Date and the First Book

Some helpful information

Mar 21 • Hilary Layne

20

11

1

You Are What You Read

How fiction forms and changes your mind, and not always for the better

Mar 18 • Hilary Layne

65

8

12

Coming Soon: The Book Club

What it is, how to join, and what to expect, (and a poll)

Mar 15 • Hilary Layne

64

21

3

There Is No Bloodless Dawn

A poem for the violence of Spring

Mar 9 • Hilary Layne

68

15

5

February 2026

The Futility of Kindness

A Japanese Film about the Criminal Mind Has A Profound, Uncomfortable Message

Feb 6 • Hilary Layne

68

18

12

January 2026

By Night I Loosed Clay Ghosts

Cross-legged on the hot wooden floor at the mouth of my fire I watch reds and oranges stain my paper-white clay.

Jan 11 • Hilary Layne

70

34

6

Winter Reading

The Japanese Dostoevsky, an Eastern Borges, magical worlds, the neuroscience of new languages, and more

Jan 6 • Hilary Layne

15

2

2

Against the Artificial

A collection of resources about the dangers of AI

Jan 6 • Hilary Layne

108

38

17

December 2025

Fanfiction Ruins Everything

A peek into the world of fan fiction and how its pomps and works have bled into mainstream storytelling...

Dec 2, 2025 • Hilary Layne

213

80

31

October 2025

October Reading Recommendations

Reading (and viewing) for the first of the cozy months...

Oct 7, 2025 • Hilary Layne

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