Aging to Perfection

Exploring the intersections of aging, justice, and narrative through scholarly inquiry and personal reflection.

Review: The Ethnographic I
Amanda Barusch Amanda Barusch

Review: The Ethnographic I

I took up this book as part of my ongoing struggle to force my creative and scholarly selves to cohabit the same turf.

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Love as Quest
Amanda Barusch Amanda Barusch

Love as Quest

Her sixties, it said, were so rewarding that she decided to stick around.

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My Demented Weekend
Amanda Barusch Amanda Barusch

My Demented Weekend

My stepmother had been sending messages for the past year. Dad was "belligerent.”

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Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.
— Amanda Barusch