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A Great Time for Personal Narrative
Just like 1863
May 14
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Don't Worry, Baby
Help from the Beach Boys
Apr 25
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Vanishing World bonus
Bonus content for paid subscribers... plus: a functional link!
Apr 8
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Interesting Abyss, Where Are You?
Aug 27, 2024
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On Being Butthurt
Oct 21, 2024
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The "Debate over Pure Literature"
Jan 22
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Kafka and Brod
Jul 1, 2024
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James Baldwin Makes the World Feel Bigger
Dec 10, 2024
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Welcome to the Eliflife
Jun 3, 2023
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The Scambusters
My Sayaka Murata profile is out in the world... along with a "dire wolf."
Apr 7
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In Dark Times, What is the Artist's Role?
Elif Batuman on writing, protest, couples therapy, and what happens when the loveless come to power.
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Feb 13
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The "Debate over Pure Literature"
New (to me) intel on novels, from Japan
Jan 22
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James Baldwin Makes the World Feel Bigger
Here's to 100 years of 1924
Dec 10, 2024
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Love Letter
An optimism post disguised as a short-story post
Nov 11, 2024
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On Being Butthurt
Writers' notebooks, "privilege," lugubriousness, and more
Oct 21, 2024
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