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November 24
“Maybe Hannah was a better writer than me. Maybe I would never produce the kind of writing that could be easily workshopped, rewritten, and manufactured…
Nov 24, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 23, 2022
“And when the trees cast shadows, I seemed to hear a voice saying: Teach him the shadow-language! The world is an experiment, and it’s enough that this…
Nov 23, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 23, 2022
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November 23, 2022
“That night, I realized that I was uncomfortably comfortable with funerals, even ones for fourteen year old girls who died in freak accidents. That…
Nov 23, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 23, 2022
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November 22, 2022
“Doctors called it psychosis, but I called it channeling. A channeling of ghosts or angels or God himself that these voyeurs bore witness to. They…
Nov 22, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 22, 2022
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November 21, 2022
“What mattered to me was the private space between people, the length of bedsheet between you and the person with whom you shared your luck at the end…
Nov 21, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 21, 2022
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November 20, 2022
“All the sharp corners on things like dressers and bedside tables and doors had been bevelled off and sanded round and smooth, so it all looked a little…
Nov 20, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 20, 2022
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November 19, 2022
“I enroll in her lecture. I write a forty-four page paper on silence so she’ll notice me.” Today’s story is “The Professor” by Sabrinah Orah Mark Read…
Nov 19, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 19, 2022
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November 18, 2022
“Montse asked the Señora about the key around her neck. It wasn’t a real question, Montse was just talking so that she could stay a moment longer. But…
Nov 18, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 18, 2022
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November 17, 2022
“I think: I am so sorry. I'm sorry I wasn't here when it happened and sorry you never had any fun in your life and sorry I wasn't rich enough to move…
Nov 17, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 17, 2022
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November 16, 2022
“He didn’t move. Everything was so quiet, as if the silence was listening.” Today’s story is “The Mercedes” by Anna Kavan. Read it here
Nov 16, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 16, 2022
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November 15, 2022
“You should go. He slams the tailgate and turns and there you are. He will kiss you then, and think it was his own idea.” Today’s story is “Fairy Tale…
Nov 15, 2022
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Nicola Maye Goldberg
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November 15, 2022
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November 14, 2022
“Her mouth is often dry, her chest tight, but she is filled to the brim with excess idolatry.” Today’s story (or is it a poem?) is “Everything’s a Fake…
Nov 14, 2022
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November 14, 2022
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