The list is varied. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink Since this is a blog about lots of things, but mostly reading and writing, I thought I’d share what I’m working on these days. I’m usually reading a few books at once, but this time, the number is higher
Is this a fad or an enduring interest? Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink Next summer, I am planning to go on a trip to Ireland. I’ve never been there, and the college where I work is taking a tour, so it’s a perfect time. I haven’t really put
Early on, I wrote a lot about Wilco. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink One of the things I hope to do in this blog is preserve some of my earlier writing in hopes that it doesn’t get lost on a deteriorating internet. An academic journal published this review on Fall/
Music Review
Drummer Mike Heidorn reflected on the history of a seminal Americana band. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink One of the things I hope to do in this blog is preserve some of my earlier writing in hopes that it doesn’t get lost on a deteriorating internet. A popular culture website
Music Review
This was Jay Bennett’s first work after leaving Wilco. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink One of the things I hope to do in this blog is preserve some of my earlier writing in hopes that it doesn’t get lost on a deteriorating internet. A popular culture website published this
It was my album of the fall. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink If you’d told me three years ago that Amanda Shires would get me in her divorce from Jason Isbell, I wouldn’t have believed you. First, I wouldn’t have thought the two would divorce given their seemingly
Book Review
It’s the best thing I’ve read — and listened to — in some time. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink Note: This was first published on 1 August 2025. I’ve written before about what I look for in an audiobook — because my criteria are different for an audiobook than they are
Music Review
This compilation explores the richness of Cash’s catalog. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink One of the things I hope to do in this blog is preserve some of my earlier writing in hopes that it doesn’t get lost on a deteriorating internet. A popular culture website published this review
Audiobooks
What makes a good read? Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink Earlier this week, I finished reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth. It was, like the rest of Keefe’s work, a very fine book, and if
Drive-by Truckers
Patterson Hood explains the backstory. Subscribe to ReneeDechert.ink One of the things I hope to do in this blog is preserve some of my earlier writing in hopes that it doesn’t get lost on a deteriorating internet. A popular culture website published this review on 24 September 2001.
News
Subscribe to Renee Dechert Ink If you’re familiar with my work, it’s probably because you’ve read my baseball writing at Purple Row or Rockies Pitch. (Find my portfolio here.) I should say at this outset that this is not a baseball-centric project. Rather, I am hoping