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Link Party: 1/2-1/6
Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. The fiction of Google Maps. 2. The size and weirdness of the Kardashian empire. 3. The restaurant industry bubble that’s about to burst. 4. Ada Harris, mother of the hair straightener. 5. Looking for answers in India after a seeker disappears and his guide commits suicide. And a bonus:…
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Link Party: 9/26-9/30
Here’s what I read last week: 1. The writer Michael Chabon took his son Abe to Paris for Men’s Fashion Week and wrote an outstanding article about it. 2. The entire latest issue of the California Sunday Magazine. My favorites: Kendrick Lamar’s five rules, a violin master, preserving the quietness places on Earth and the…
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Link Party: 10/19-10/23
Although I’ve had a difficult time transitioning to a post-grad life over the last few months, I’ve had some really sweet moments this week that make me excited about my fledgling career and how many opportunities there are to grow. I’ve also had some frustrating moments this week where I’ve wondered what I’ve gotten myself…
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Link Party: 9/7-9/11
I’ve had this quote from Ira Glass saved for awhile, but one of my closest friends, Valerie, sent it to me this week — a very trying week for me — and it is so incredibly profound to me now that I’m trying my very best to remember it. Nobody tells this to people who…
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Link Party: 4/6-4/10
I was actually really productive this week — must be the Week 2 recharge. Anyway, here’s what I read: 1. A four-in-one about how the restaurant business is reinventing food waste. My personal favorite is the photo essay about the aprons. 2. I also would like to attend the Audubon Society’s school for sick burns.…
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Link Party: 3/30-4/3
Here’s what I read this week: 1. These are the emails you get from Twitter when you don’t Tweet, follow anybody or log into the account. 2. This guy tried to analyze 18 years of his email, which amounted to nearly half a million messages. 3. The history behind and surrounding the Mark Rothko murals…
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Link Party: 3/9-3/13
A brief bit of unsolicited advice before I get to the link party: I just want to tell all of you that there is absolutely nothing that limits you from teaching yourself whatever you’re interested in and seeking out additional educational avenues. I wasn’t getting the writing experience I wanted from my academic classes or my job, so…
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Link Party: 2/16-2/20
This week was not a good one for me, creatively or academically. But I’m bouncing back, and will have more posts next week. But here’s what I was able to read: 1. I like to think that this profile of The New Yorker query proofreader Mary Norris is a projection of my future. 2. Ruth Bader…
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Link Party: 2/2-2/6
Here’s what I read this week: 1. An incredible feature on Annie Dillard. 2. The future of cursive handwriting. 3. What happens when pockets of the Internet evaporate. 4. A very interesting take on cohabitation, and what happens to your books. 5. The book that is truly the master class in hailing Satan. And a bonus: Valentino’s…
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Link Party: 1/19-1/23
Here’s what I read this week: 1. A very interesting conversation about people who don’t have parents and how they figure out finances. 2. Typewriter emoji is a thing, apparently. 3. The life of a Karl Lagerfeld muse is crazy. 4. Life lessons from Georgia O’Keeffe. 5. A new typeface, designed by algorithms. And a…