Tsh talks to her good friend, Sarah Mackenzie, about what makes good stories (especially for our kids). She's got a HUGE new project in the works: not only a new children's book, but a new publishing house! When it's hard to publish new classics that tell timeless truths, you gotta start the company yourself. Why do we need more stories that tell us things that were as true a thousand years ago as they are today? Listen in.

• Tsh's newsletter + website


• Pick up a round of drinks


• Come to Italy with us — next month!


• Our recommended reads


• Sarah Mackenzie's work: Read-Aloud Revival & Waxwing Books


• A Little More Beautiful, Sarah's forthcoming picture book


• Julia Cameron's morning pages


• Ira Glass' The Gap


• Tomie DePaola


• Breaking Bread With The Dead, by Alan Jacobs


• Breezy Brookshire on Instagram


• Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney


• You Can Draw in 30 Days, by Mark Kistler


• I Miss My Cafe + The Hole & Corner playlist

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