10
Mar
Issue 21: Don't work through the pain
For the last month or so, I’ve been dealing with an infected cyst. It’s a
pilonidal cyst, which
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Nicole Zhu
24
Feb
Issue 20: On narrative plenitude
Although hate crimes against Asian Americans have risen dramatically since the
start of the pandemic
[https://www.theguardian.com/books/
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10
Feb
Issue 19: Fabulous mulch
It is obvious wisdom that comparison kills. It’s a distraction and sets you up
for dissatisfaction. I rationally know
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27
Jan
Issue 18: Silly little tasks
A reader reached out to me last month and asked, “How do you balance all the
writing-work with work-work? I
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13
Jan
Issue 17: Holy shit! Two cakes!
This week, two of my favorite writing newsletters touched on surveillance,
productivity, and rediscovering the joy in writing. With capitalism’
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16
Dec
Issue 16: The gift of taking yourself seriously
Last month, I decided to print all 28,000 words of a novel I started last
November during National Novel
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02
Dec
Issue 15: What can't be put into words
One of my favorite artists who has chronicled the tumultuous year that is 2020
is my good friend Gu [https:
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18
Nov
Issue 14: On story circles
A few weeks ago, I started rewatching one of my favorite TV shows, Community
[https://www.netflix.com/title/70155589]
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04
Nov
Issue 13: Lower the bar
I’m a knot of nerves and trying to be patient. I’m oscillating between doing
things to take care
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21
Oct
Issue 12: What you love will spill into what you write
In ninth grade English class, we were taught how to write double entry journals.
In a Word doc, you created
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