Category Archives: How the Room Came to Smell Like a Rose

The fourth printing of How the Room Came to Smell Like a Rose is now in stores across Pittsburgh. The new edition features cover art by local Renaissance woman Anna Reilly. To learn more (or to buy it), go here.

When I was twelve, I spent a rainy summer afternoon studying the peeling paint on a corner of the ceiling just above my bed. It was unsettling, and therefore also completely engrossing. Most ceilings peel the way a puddle spreads: … Continue reading →