Author: carriemlane
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Awards & Adventures
It’s been a busy blur of a fall with a few exciting highlights. In October, my very favorite month (Halloween + my birthday = awesome), More Than Pretty Boxes received an Honorable Mention from the 2025 Delmos Jones and Jagna Sharff Memorial Book Prize of the Society for the Anthropology of North America. It’s an…
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Clutter, Work, and Mom Guilt
I’m excited to share my recent interview with Angela Masciulli, host of the Good Enough Mompreneur podcast. It was a joy to answer Angela’s thoughtful questions and chat about topics so near to my heart. Summer has been blissfully quiet but things are about to pick up. In August, I’m off to Chicago to present…
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A Wonderful Whirlwind of a Weekend
It’s been a glorious five days. Late last week, I flew to Chicago, where I had the honor of being interviewed onstage by NAPO President Mindy Godding at the 2025 Summit of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. I held a book-signing event where I got to meet and chat with many wonderful…
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A Forum, a Book Club, a Request, and an Apology
My Lovely Newsletter Subscribers, I’m excited to announce the publication of an Exertions Book Forum on More Than Pretty Boxes, organized by the inestimable Ilana Gershon. The forum includes an interview with me, responses to the book from four colleagues, and my reply to their generous and insightful comments. In other exciting news, I’m meeting…
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Organized Chaos Interview
The new year has been happily busy as I promote More Than Pretty Boxes while serving as department chair. Thanks to the lovely New Yorker review, I’m excited to say MTPB is reaching a wider audience. I had the pleasure of chatting with Mike Pesca on The Gist podcast. You can listen here. Stay tuned…
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The New Yorker!
I’m thrilled and honored to have More Than Pretty Boxes reviewed in The New Yorker! The review is unfortunately behind a paywall, so here’s a free copy for my lovely subscribers.
