SOON, issue 42: The Classifieds (Sept-Oct 2026)
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Something Out of Nothing
Something Out of Nothing is about meaning—making, finding, & offering it. I talk about writing, teaching, thrifting, books, travel, obsessions and idle interests, and more.
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SOON, issue 41: The Summertime Self
"I'm a water sign," I tell my husband. "I don't know what that means," he says.
SOON, issue 40: Becalmed on Land and Looking Around
What I've been up to, forthcoming plans and classes, AND the first 40 issues of SOON!
SOON, issue 39: Cole Haddon is 'Taking Care'
"I exercise a kind of emotional patience with subjects and ideas. When I am ready, I know it and I start to write. Sometimes, that means waiting years. In a few cases, more than a decade."
SOON, issue 38: Some Less-Talked-About Writing Resources
Just *some* of the writing retreats, residencies, conferences, and workshops I've attended over the years.
SOON, issue 37: Time and Words and Fog and Little Moves, Accumulating
A six-day stretch of deep work on my book.
SOON, issue 36: Ola is 'Taking Care'
"I feel seen when I’m outdoors. I find it being the only thing outside of traveling that makes me feel present."
SOON, issue 35: Ephemera Freak #2
Secret notes in thrifted books and elderly earnestness that sends me over the rainbow with joy.
SOON, issue 34: Staycation Diaries
Abandoning big trips for low expectations and much-needed rest.
SOON, issue 33: Emily Okamoto-Green is 'Taking Care'
"Ambition is a double-edged sword. It's the thing that makes me move forward in my art, but also the thing that stifles my creativity."
SOON, issue 32: Visiting Every Bookstore #4
A sparkly new(ish) bookshop, plus a dusty one hidden inside of an antique store, AND an enormous store overflowing with used books.
SOON, issue 31: Virginia Chamlee is 'Taking Care'
"It’s important to view everything in life as an opportunity—even seemingly innocuous interactions can wind up having powerful impacts on your life and career."
SOON, issue 30: Collecting & Selling Vintage + Organizing My Workroom
In these early weeks of fall, looking back at a summer filled with secondhand finds. Plus, my vintage shop and a before & after room project.
SOON, issue 29: Ephemera Freak #1
An old note barely hanging on, a stack of stereograph cards, vintage magazines, and forgotten audio!
SOON, issue 28: Ty Phelps is 'Taking Care'
"I tend to get very weird and wrung out and need to hole up after a lot of creativity or socializing."
SOON, issue 27: Eclipse Season & the Breakdown
On putting words to recent personal shifts and the chaos of learning to feel what you actually feel.
SOON, issue 26: Visiting Every Bookstore #3
Checking out a few bookshops in South Dakota and Montana, from this summer's road trip.
SOON, issue 25: Ahsan Butt is 'Taking Care'
"Self-care, I think, comes out of introspection and moral inventory."
SOON, issue 24: Do You Know How Fast a Year Goes?
My time as writer-in-residence: what can be articulated, and what can't, and what I only know after the fact.
SOON, issue 23: Road Trip Diaries
Driving from Virginia to Montana, and back again, with my mom. Thrifting & antiquing along the way.
SOON, issue 22: Trey Burnart Hall is 'Taking Care'
"I now have a quality over quantity relationship with art and see revision as a true form of creative self-care."