Sara Finnerty

For this week’s Sunday’s List we asked Entropy contributors: What’s the last book you loved? Candrice Jones Mourner’s Bench by Sanderia Faye Bud Smith Sonora by Hannah Lillith Assadi Joanna…

This post contains major spoilers for the film Arrival. Please don’t read if you plan to see the movie.   I hadn’t planned on watching Arrival, but recently Shaun King…

We had a thick patchwork quilt that my grandmother made for my parents’ wedding. My mother and I hid inside the quilt once during a storm. I thought the thunder…

I was nineteen or twenty,  walking to the train, and saw a mother and father, each with a child in a bike seat behind them. I wondered if I would…

The other day, I was driving to work and listening to Arcade Fire in the car and I started to cry. I sat in the parking lot and tried to…

I live in Los Angeles, land of sunshine and blue sky. As I write this, though, the sky is overcast with variations of grey. Throughout the day dark clouds move…

I have a scar on my cheek from clawing at my chicken pox when I knew I shouldn’t, scars on my legs and knees from not paying attention when I…

This week, we asked Entropy contributors about the first CD they ever purchased. I remember my first two CD’s very clearly– Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits (why???) and the soundtrack to…

I’ve heard that no one ever wants to hear about other people’s dreams, but I have long been fascinated by what happens in our brains after we fall asleep. This…

There has been an overwhelming amount of grief, love and sadness on social media over David Bowie’s death. I immediately thought of all my favorite Bowie songs and the memories…

Last week, my husband, baby and I flew back east because there was a death in the family. My husband and I wrote the eulogy. We ended up speaking to…

When I was growing up, before Thanksgiving dinner my mother forced everyone to go around the table and say what they were thankful for. Outwardly I rolled my eyes and…

Recently, I’ve been reading Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. The books keep me up at night and make me feel like a teenager again, desperate to know what happens next. My…

I recently saw Brian Doyle give an uplifting, sermon-like keynote speech. He gave advice for what we should do when we can no longer stand the injustice and violence of the…