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This “hello” space is for news and updates. I’m currently off the road until well into the fall, a long-anticipated and much needed time for recharging. Once I started writing again I hit a gusher: my new play script is now 60 pages (that’s a lot for a play, a pittance for a novel). It’s a gooey mess, of course, but I love getting my hands gooey again! My 2026 resolution is to memorize a poem each month. It’s an exercise in patience and peace. The June poem is “A Blessing” by James Wright. I have loved it since forever but have never bothered to memorize it. Committing poems to memory is such a gift to the self. I’m so looking forward to getting this beautiful poem into my head and heart.

Also, How to Read a Book will soon be translated into Arabic, which will mark its 21st translation. So gratifying, and thank you to all the American book clubs who put the book on the international radar.

NOVELS

A bookstore with large front windows displaying books, a sign above that reads 'How to Read a Book,' and a quote from a New York Times review. The store has a blue exterior and yellow accents, with two white chairs and a small table outside. A cat is near the door, and a bird is sitting on the window ledge.
Book cover of "The One-in-a-Million Boy" by Monica Wood featuring a young boy climbing a ladder against a leafless tree, with a background of a greenish sky and a small moon.
Book cover of 'Ernie's Ark' by Monica Wood, featuring an illustration of a factory with smoke stacks, green hills, trees, and a river underneath.
Book cover of 'Any Bitter Thing' by Monica Wood featuring a scenic view of a small town surrounded by autumn trees with colorful fall foliage and mountains in the background.
Book cover of "My Only Story" by Monica Wood featuring a painted illustration of a porch with pink flowers, stairs, and a beauty salon window.
Cover of the novel 'Secret Language' by Monica Wood, featuring a black-and-white photo of two young girls standing outdoors, one holding a doll.

PLAYS & MEMOIR

A collage of torn paper with colorful red, yellow, black, and beige fragments. Overlaid text reads 'Three Plays by Monica Wood, Papermaker, The Half-Light Saint Dad' in black and cursive fonts.

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Book cover of "When We Were the Kennedys" by Monica Wood, featuring five women and children sitting outdoors in vintage clothing and hats against a bright sky.

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BOOKS FOR WRITERS

Three books with different covers, two of which are titled "The Pocket Muse" with subtitles about writing ideas and inspiration, and the third titled "Description" by Monica Wood, featuring an image of pens.
Three books with the titles 'The Pocket Muse Endless Inspiration,' 'The Pocket Muse Ideas & Inspirations for Writing,' and 'Description' by Monica Wood, with covers displaying images of a road, a person holding a sign, and pens, respectively.
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