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Preserves

Let’s make it last like jam.

Nov 5 • 

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None of my business

but....

Nov 5 • 

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In Defense of the Baby Shower

not that they really need defending?

Nov 3 • 

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Somewhat Against Online Vulnerability

Towards the Online Here-and-Now

Nov 3 • 

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Nursing Home Gossip

Or: The Old Wives' Tale

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

July 2025

Is the Ending of "Portrait of a Lady" Ambiguous?

If you have to ask if something's ambiguous, it's ambiguous, right?

Jul 23 • 

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Why does Isabel Archer Choose Gilbert Osmond?

My attempt at an answer.

Jul 22 • 

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On Beauty, Zadie Smith

By the second chapter, I caught myself luxuriating in a sense of richness and naturalism that is maybe not in fashion today, thinking this is like a…

Jul 18 • 

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May 2025

Writing on Shrooms Requires Protestant Work Ethic (An Interview)

Less purple elephants, more logic and discipline.

May 29 • 

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Writing "Cropped Red Hoodie"

Process notes for a story I wrote.

May 3 • 

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April 2025

What is Dorothea Brooke's Color Season?

We already know her kibbe type.

Apr 30 • 

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