Callie J. Smith

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Tag: kintsugi

  • In the Wake of Pain and the Gold of Care

    In the Wake of Pain and the Gold of Care

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    “How’s your back doing?” my father would ask with a hope-you’re-okay smile from across the dinner table. He struggled to remember many things during the last years of his life, but he remembered that my back was hurting. Perhaps he worried, knowing at his age how pain can accumulate and weigh us down. I felt…

  • Handling the Holes Created by Loss

    Handling the Holes Created by Loss

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    I’ve never worked in kintsugi gold, but I’ve begun enjoying the other kinds of repairs that I do manage to do. Repairs feel like a form of care for the things that go with me through my days. On the bookshelf, a Joy of Cooking cookbook I inherited from my grandmother has its cracked spine reinforced with…

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About the author

Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. Her stories and essays explore everyday things like hope, creativity, and grief.

Domestic fiction meets magical realism in Smith’s latest novel, Kohelette, now available in paperback, ebook, and author-narrated audiobook editions. Click here to read more.

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