First lines of my 10 most widely recommended books (with links)
It is one of my greatest joys in life to be a person people occasionally turn to for book recs. It’s part of the territory for people with CW degrees, I suppose. In making these recommendations, I realized there’s a handful of books that I will typically cycle through when making suggestions, based on what […]
MoreIn favor of stalking yourself and calling it literature
So… I’m writing a book. And I guess I’ve been sort of in the middle of writing several books for a while now without even realizing it, but this is the first time I’ve actually for realsies planned from the start that what I’m writing is indeed trying to be a book. And it’s been […]
MoreCry Baby Club: Ridiculous reasons that I’ve cried
Indy Blue posted these fire selfies on Insta and then said on her story, “Comment on my pic the most ridiculous reason you’ve ever cried,” and because we will all do literally anything Indy tells us to do, everyone did. Then she shared a bunch of reasons that she’s cried, along with video and picture evidence, […]
MoreTranscendentalism & Airports
Originally posted on Tab in Transit:
Let’s talk about cities. The ones we exist in, even briefly passing through. The ones that exist only in the memories we keep to give them framework. Some background: I’m sitting in JFK airport. It’s 4 am our time and I have flown all night without ever really sleeping.…