On the pleasures of being both "in" and "out" of the discourse
What was the last book you read that nobody around you had read? How did it feel?
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"So you're betting that people actually want to read about love, huh?"
When the older man asked me this question about my current project I wasn't sure what to say, but here are some book recommendations if, in fact, you do 💕💕💕
An Incomplete List of Things I Adored in 2025
Just one Libra's barely-under-deadline brain-dump <3
The cuffing plot
Tis the season to re-evaluate
I love your mediocrity
Reframing ambition on a burning planet
Thirty, flirty, and grocery-shopping with friends
The case for inviting companionship into your to-do list
"I Used to Be Fun"
Rethinking narratives around aging, weather, and stories of tomorrow
Letting Go of the Mentor Myth
There's no shortcut to creative success. But that's where your smart peers come in.
A ritual for decision paralysis
On labyrinths, sloughing the past, and marking time
I've got gloom but I'm not a gloomer
When 'living in the present' comes at the expense of dreaming a future