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My 2025 in Books
This year, I read 52 books. The books overlapped and intersected with each other, but somehow tidily added up to one book a week. Searching for themes, it’s easy to see my grief for my cat, Torby, processed in book form. I lost her just as 2025 began, and found comfort in every cat-related piece of media I could get my hands on. The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa is easily my favorite…
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Stuck in a the Beautiful Trap of Normalcy
Until this summer, I had never lived in an apartment with its own washer and dryer. Prior to July, washing my clothes (and, with disturbing infrequency, bed sheets) meant layers of strategic planning. Sometimes it meant hauling a wire cart, stuffed with sacks of musty bras, three blocks down Myrtle Avenue, to the nearest laundromat. Other times it meant descending into a basement whose rat…
Summer Camp for Anxious Adults
Last month, I attended the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. In the days before, I was so nervous. “What if the other kids don’t like me?” I wondered. Those fears didn’t matter, in the end. A different version of myself came back down from that mountain. Surrounding myself with others who believe that reading and writing are the most beautiful stars in life’s constellation was indescribably…
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New Publication: Palestine Solidarity Encampment
“Yesterday, we handed our written list of demands to the university. I don’t think I will ever forget how I felt, printing off the documents and running together to the Student Support Office with them tightly clutched in our arms” – Yuka, Former Steering Committee Member, University of Tokyo Palestine Solidarity Encampment Thank you so much to the brilliant editorial team at Spectre Journal for…
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All my heroes are dead
You could say I’m a fan of Radiohead. You could say I’ve spent more than half of my life listening to them, own all of their albums, tattooed myself with lyrics from Karma Police before I was even 20 years old, have seen them in concert on multiple occasions and in multiple countries, each experience rapturous. Yes, you could say I am invested. And yet, today I sit here disillusioned by this…
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Waiting for my invitation
Unfortunately, I am thinking about Substack again. This latest period of anxious hyperfixation was brought on by the recent New Yorker article “Is the Next Great American Novel Being Published on Substack?” Though I think the answer is clearly “no,” the author of the New Yorker piece paints an of-the-moment portrait of literary life playing out across newsletters that left me feeling…
The State of My Nightstand
矢沢あいの「ナナ」v２ | “Nana” vol. 2 by Ai Yazawa It’s difficult for me to write about “Nana” because the series has shaped me more than any other book, movie, tv show, album. I have long said I will write some definitive piece about the series, but can never actually bring myself to do so. In the meantime, I am re-reading the series as part of a virtual book club and enjoying every moment. 角野 栄子 の…
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Bridget Jones's Body
Despite my profound passion for the film genre that can only be described as “early 2000’s romantic comedy with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 37%” I had never, until recently, seen Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001). Then, within the span of a week, I had seen all four. Though I had never seen the series, I was familiar with the films. More specifically, I was familiar with the dialogue surrounding…
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Shadow Song
"All Fours" by Miranda July
Sometimes a book comes to you at exactly the right moment in your life. At first, you think it must be a fluke; certainly there will be a fork in the story where the plot deviates from your own reality. But then, sentence after sentence continues to feel like it was constructed personally with your own world in mind. This is a rare experience, and one that should be treasured. This was my…
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A Lost Creature in Japan
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Autumn in Boston
Oars flashagainst reda plane arcsinto goldand I think I could forgetmy fear of flying Last week, I took a cab to work and as we crossed over the Longfellow Bridge I was so moved, I took out my phone and wrote a poem. Autumn in Boston is profoundly beautiful. Seasons are often loose approximations of symbols and concepts that indicate the passage of time. But September, October, and November in…
Write the Next One
How surreal that I have reached the of my novel-writing journey where I am querying agents! And when someone responds to my query asking to see the full manuscript, there is actually a manuscript to give! Absolutely mind-blowing stuff. Some, such as my partner and my parents, think that this is a victory in itself. They are wrong. Victory will only be achieved when my debut novel has entered its…
Life Lately
Editing a Book I am in the midst of editing a novel and consequently each day is full of surprises. Will I wake and find I have written the most unreadable, godforsaken piece of text ever crafted? Or will I sit down at my computer and scroll through one delightful passage after the next, reassured of my own genius? I love hearing other writers talk about their processes for writing. Creating is…
Rediscovering My Personal Style: An Ongoing Quest -- Pt. 1
For several reasons, I would not recommend losing the nucleus of your self-image to the passage of time and the pressures of society. Among those reasons is the fact that, once you do lose sight of your self-image, it becomes very difficult to rediscover. Over the last few months, I have spent enough time in the humid, denim depths of the Madewell fitting room to last a lifetime. There is solace…
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Free Knitting Pattern: 21st Century Austen Heroine
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Pattern Preview: Bettie High-Waisted Shorts
I am so happy to share that later this week I’ll be publishing my next knitting pattern: the Bettie High-Waisted Shorts! They’re the perfect sexy winter loungewear ♥ Get your needles ready–Bettie is coming soon! xoxo
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