Susan Cain 

#1 bestselling author of QUIET & BITTERSWEET, unlikely award-winning speaker. Seeker of sunny cafe windows, sender of Kindred Letters. Join us at Quiet Life, for art, ideas, consolations, and candlelight. You won’t be forced to do anything groupy.

Music and art under Stalin’s regime.

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Music and Art under Stalin's Regime

"What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?" —Anthony Trollope

Plus one more question, this one from me, not Trollope:

Are you granting yourself enough sofa, book, and coffee time?

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Please join us this Sunday for our Zoom discussion with mega-bestselling author, Sahil Bloom! You’ll be able to chat directly with Sahil.

Our upcoming Candlelight Chat, with mega-bestselling author Sahil Bloom
The deep wish to be approved of

Have you admired someone today? Have you told them so?

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For a decade, it was just the two of them—a happy marriage between two introverts. Then,

, the writer behind Slant Letter, and the new memoir EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, chose to expand her family with children, and thus release a life of solitude on her terms.

Desperate to preserve her agency and inner life, she found writing to be an unexp…

An Introverted Parent's Search for Alone Time

Are you a parent who adores your children, while also craving more alone time than you can get? My kids are near-grown, so if anything I now have the opposite issue—but I remember those days well. This one’s for you - a wonderful excerpt from

’s new memoir, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING.

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An Introverted Parent's Search for Alone Time

It’s natural to despair or rage at suffering, but we shouldn’t forget how much beauty there is too.

This may be the best response ever to the “why are you so quiet” genre of conversation

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Whatever pain you can’t get rid of, make that your creative offering.

And nine other ideas from BITTERSWEET.

Which one strikes a chord with you?

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Whatever pain you can't get rid of, make it your creative offering