I am excited to (finally) see the release of the collection Love, etc.: Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture co-edited by Rita Felski (I’m a fan) and Camilla Schwartz. I was honored to be part of the “Love, etc.” symposium that Felski organized back in October 2019 in Denmark, where I gave a talk about my (then) book-in-progress, Bookishness. It was thrilling to participate in this conversation then, and it was an interesting process to reflect back on Bookishness post-Covid for the publication of this book. My chapter is titled ““Reflecting on Bookishness in the Aftermath of COVID-19”“