What to Read Instead of This Newsletter
As previously stated, the newsletter will work a little differently the rest of the year, but do not fret because I’ve got a few ideas of what you can read in the meantime.
Want something to scroll through while waiting on a friend who is late to a dinner date or while you are “working”? Below are links to an array of long form articles, short stories, and books that you might find interesting. The bold font provides a few hints to the content.
Shady group chats, niche publishing drama, the “who lives, who dies, who tells your story” line from Hamilton:
“Who is the Bad Art Friend?” by Sonya Larson for The New York Times.
Millennial existentialism, poetic perspectives, a chat with a friend’s cool mom :
'Aging is Scary and Life is a Struggle!' by Ask Polly—a fellow Substack writer, and former advise columnist for The Cut.
Bone chilling, Criterion Classic, stranger danger, the horror of being a teen girl:
“Where Are You going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates.
Sibling rivalry, American dynasties, the elegant parlor rooms of Fifth Avenue:
“The Strange, Toxic Friendship of Truman Capote, Lee Radziwill, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis” and expert of Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer.
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One, Zendaya’s seven minutes onscreen, intergalactic politics, an exercise in commitment, passion for a glossary:
Dune by Frank Herbert.
Happy reading!