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third thing
holding paradox & entering the void in the final weeks of pregnancy, and 2023 in reading
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sea-change
fieldnotes on a pregnancy
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Terra Incognita
new essay: on motherhood, ambivalence, immigration, family, inheritance, and "the mother of all questions," out today in The Rumpus
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the untils
takeoff and landing energies, sliding doors, mimetic desire, and the thing with decisions
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2022 in books
an un-Wrapped assemblage of the words that shaped my attention and imagination this year
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letting joy
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the untils
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ordinary affects
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to the years that ask questions
wintering, A Woman On Paper, becoming, and a photo-essay
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hungry ghosts
perfectionism creep, rest, radical means root, some autumnal tunes for dancing with your ghosts, and a newsletter announcement
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ordinary affects
the art of subtraction, modes of attention, bodies of water, and writers on swimming
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no words without body
on first-person narratives from the body, uteruses, & a new review in The Rumpus; collective effervescence; a playlist for summer
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letting joy
...in (all the way); ...exist (and coexist); ...stay (and linger); ...be held (and hold). [or: reasons to live through the apocalypse]
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unlikely neighbors
one thing in relation to another. feat. Oliver Burkeman, Sheila Heti, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elena Ferrante, writers and poets in Odesa, and med students…
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seismic distance
fissured fragments on war, migration, distance/proximity and aftershocks
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weathering
on our relationships with structures; the work/identity quagmire; becoming your own structure; & building a softer scaffolding
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moving in
on time, ageing(and isms), maps + itineraries, invisible stories, and asking "more beautiful questions."
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The Liminal
The Liminal
the art of living in the betwixt and between, through the lens of writing, creativity, anthropology, and somatics.
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