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* The Paris Review’s The Daily. You can also sign up for their poetry newsletter!
* New York Review of Books (Unpaywalled link)
* Longreads
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* The Sugar Conspiracy
* The Jungle Prince of Delhi
* The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans
* Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
* Animals: The Horrific True Story of th Zanesville Zoo Massacre
* The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds
Nov 9, 2024
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📚It was spring break so I had a lot more time on my hands…
Articles/Essays/Short Stories/Newsletters • Every Hair Casts a Shadow - Moira McCavana (via Paris Review)
• Meaghan Garvey’s interview with her crazy ex fiance (via her Substack SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE #13 and unfortunately behind a paywall 🫤)
• I’m Looking to Jump Ship Sooner Than I Should: A Conversation with Percival Everett - Ayize Jama-Everett (via LA Review of Books)
•A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood - Mere Takoko (via Atmos) … did you know one whale can capture an average of 33 tons of carbon dioxide over its lifespan? and that when they die they sink (called a whale fall) and that carbon in their bodies gets trapped at the bottom of the sea floor! then their carcasses decompose and become a nutritious food source for deep see organisms! We 🩷 whales 🐋!
• Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control - Kerry Howley (via NY Mag) lol
Books • Foster by Claire Keegan - posted a rec for this the other day… a girl is sent to live with relatives for the summer on the coastal countryside of Ireland and experiences a warmth + affection she’s not known before… had me crying on my red eye flight)
• Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson - It starts with two strangers meeting at a pub. Took me a little bit to get used to the second person point of view and I connected with it more once I read it as more of a narrative poem. Caleb’s writing is very lyrical with such lush descriptions throughout. It explores the complexities, community, and consequences that come with being Black. Ultimately an ode to Black joy, love, community, art, and music!
• Darryl by Jackie Ess (still reading… about halfway through) - “Darryl Cook is a man who seems to have everything: a quiet home in Western Oregon, a beautiful wife, and a lot of friends to fuck her while he watches” oooo baby!
Articles/Essays/Short Stories/Newsletters • Every Hair Casts a Shadow - Moira McCavana (via Paris Review)
• Meaghan Garvey’s interview with her crazy ex fiance (via her Substack SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE #13 and unfortunately behind a paywall 🫤)
• I’m Looking to Jump Ship Sooner Than I Should: A Conversation with Percival Everett - Ayize Jama-Everett (via LA Review of Books)
•A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood - Mere Takoko (via Atmos) … did you know one whale can capture an average of 33 tons of carbon dioxide over its lifespan? and that when they die they sink (called a whale fall) and that carbon in their bodies gets trapped at the bottom of the sea floor! then their carcasses decompose and become a nutritious food source for deep see organisms! We 🩷 whales 🐋!
• Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control - Kerry Howley (via NY Mag) lol
Books • Foster by Claire Keegan - posted a rec for this the other day… a girl is sent to live with relatives for the summer on the coastal countryside of Ireland and experiences a warmth + affection she’s not known before… had me crying on my red eye flight)
• Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson - It starts with two strangers meeting at a pub. Took me a little bit to get used to the second person point of view and I connected with it more once I read it as more of a narrative poem. Caleb’s writing is very lyrical with such lush descriptions throughout. It explores the complexities, community, and consequences that come with being Black. Ultimately an ode to Black joy, love, community, art, and music!
• Darryl by Jackie Ess (still reading… about halfway through) - “Darryl Cook is a man who seems to have everything: a quiet home in Western Oregon, a beautiful wife, and a lot of friends to fuck her while he watches” oooo baby!
Apr 1, 2024
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✍️A great place to discover new writers. This is where I found my current favorite - Ottessa Moshfegh. I started off with short stories, then read every single book she wrote so far.
Nov 3, 2022
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✉️Jessica DeFino’s The Review of Beauty
Viv Chen’s The Molehill
Amy Odell’s The Back Row
Talia Cu’s The Latine Zine
Ken Klippenstein’s Ken Klippenstein J.P. Hill‘s New Means Judd’s Popular Information also Musk Watch Taylor Lorenz’s User Mag Palestine Will Be Free
Brendon Holder’s Loosey Afia’s No Plantains Left Behind Jillian Hess’s Noted Kate Lindsay’s Embedded Rayne Fisher-Quann’s internet princess
Ken Klippenstein’s Ken Klippenstein J.P. Hill‘s New Means Judd’s Popular Information also Musk Watch Taylor Lorenz’s User Mag Palestine Will Be Free
Brendon Holder’s Loosey Afia’s No Plantains Left Behind Jillian Hess’s Noted Kate Lindsay’s Embedded Rayne Fisher-Quann’s internet princess
Feb 4, 2025
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It lends a reflective and wistful tone to written communications imo…
Jul 10, 2025
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My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌
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