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4/22/2022
19 : 24
Independent Reading Pt. 1
Surprise me View in browser April 22, 2022 Verkade Plaatjes, via the Casual Archivist This week Waking life: You read the same headlines I do... War crimes in Ukraine. Attacks in Afghanistan. Anti-
4/8/2022
16 : 14
Scream gaps // dream recaps
Surprise me View in browser April 08, 2022 A real end-of-week mood for you This week I'm thrilled to announce a new set of writing fellows! These two not-yet-established writers get a stipend,
4/1/2022
17 : 44
Big aunt energy
Surprise me View in browser April 01, 2022 Plants of the World exhibition, the Field Museum Chicago This week I'm keeping this brief because I'm on the road this week to celebrate a
3/25/2022
17 : 14
Baby, you're a seafaring vessel!
Surprise me View in browser March 25, 2022 Martin Johnson Heade This week I'm thinking about movement, stillness, endings, beginnings. For ages there's been a quote lurking in my notes app
3/18/2022
18 : 34
Waxing, waning, not quite full
Surprise me View in browser March 18, 2022 On a creamy-pink background, red and gray sketches of blotches and circles depict a close-up of a piece of variegated limestone James Sowerby This week A
3/11/2022
19 : 54
Clink-clink to my bad-ass sisters!!!!
Surprise me View in browser March 11, 2022 A line drawing, in pen, of two lumpy pillows on a cream-colored background Albrecht Dürer This week Hey girl hey!! Have you heard it's women's history
3/4/2022
18 : 54
The auditorium of global events
Surprise me View in browser March 04, 2022 A deep gold painting with two birds at the center, their heads bowed toward each other, surrounded by purple and orange and blue flowers Maria Prymachenko
2/25/2022
18 : 24
What is being done in your name?
Surprise me View in browser February 25, 2022 A trio of woodcut black-and-white buildings, two black-on-white and one white-on-black, that have a kind of bleak wintertime feeling Arthur Wesley Dow,
2/18/2022
19 : 44
To shift or not to shift
... that is the vibe Surprise me View in browser February 18, 2022 A black and white photo of a woman lying under a beg, and a woman on top of the bed grabbing her by her ankles in an attempt to pull
2/11/2022
19 : 34
And that's why they say I'm different
And that's why you think I'm strange Surprise me View in browser February 11, 2022 Is this a cheesy image to illustrate "new beginnings'? Maybe, but I'm going with it. This week
2/4/2022
18 : 44
Attack of the 50-foot beanies
Surprise me View in browser February 04, 2022 Round rocks, puffy clouds I'm reading Adam Serwer on anti-Black racism, anti-Semitism, how race is "malleable enough to be made to serve the needs
1/28/2022
19 : 34
You're welcome
Surprise me View in browser January 28, 2022 Three barstools covered in red velvet are arranged horizontally along a bar Photo by Oliver Frsh on Unsplash This week Welcome! If you scroll down after you
1/21/2022
19 : 24
opulence! opulence! opulence! maintenance! maintenance! maintenance!
Surprise me View in browser January 21, 2022 Some beauty for the famished. I'm reading Productivity culture is a lot like a religion, says self-help historian Kate Bowler. "Wouldn't now be
1/14/2022
18 : 54
Is this a meme?
Surprise me View in browser January 14, 2022 Night citrus, a mood captured by my dear friend Gina Delvac This week A quick reminder that I'm accepting applications until Monday for the next round
1/7/2022
20 : 24
Birthdays are like Coca-Colas
Surprise me View in browser January 07, 2022 You might recall the before? This is the "after." This is relatable. This is art. This week I appreciate all of the New Year's counter-
12/24/2021
17 : 24
Sentences I saved this year
Surprise me View in browser December 24, 2021 Ho ho ho Lines I loved this year As I go about my reading all year long, I try to remember to copy the lines I love into my notes app. Here are some of the
12/17/2021
19 : 14
In and out of that fleet blazing touch
Surprise me View in browser December 17, 2021 Nine weeks out of ten, I'm tempted to begin the newsletter with a photo of the sky. Indulging myself today. This week Here in the northern hemisphere,
12/10/2021
20 : 14
Singular visions
Surprise me View in browser December 10, 2021 A slice of a thrift-store Elvis painting This week I couldn't figure out why John Wilson's success annoyed me so much. I devoured the first season
12/3/2021
19 : 44
Little houses and angry vessels
Surprise me View in browser December 03, 2021 600x300 A real-life Little House This week An announcement: Call Your Girlfriend is ending. My podcast collaborators—my cohost Aminatou Sow and our
11/26/2021
17 : 24
My favorite newsletters
Surprise me View in browser November 26, 2021 a series of green metal letterboxes, each labeled with a number Photo by wu yi on Unsplash This week: The Inbox Awards I subscribe to other people's