“In Praise of Rereading” illustrated poem.
Ink, watercolor, Photoshop.
This was a personal piece that started out as an attempt to identify why I love to reread old favorite books — the feeling it evokes, and what I’m looking for when I pick up a book I’ve read before. I was making a list, really, but as I honed the list it started taking the shape sort of a poem. I’m not a poet, but I am a writer, and when I landed on the version you see here, it felt just right.