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I felt like I had left New York before I arrived. The night before our flight from Australia, I was staying at my parents. When they were just married…
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Jess sent me a link to an article from Vogue the other day about a new design brand that is trying to make “chic” Judaica items — those objects used…
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The first time I heard Frank O'Hara's poem, Having a Coke With You, was in 2008. I was taking a poetry class at university. Each week we'd learn about a…
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In summer a few friends and I get together to make pickled cucumbers. In Melbourne there are very few good pickles. Store bought ones are usually…
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At the beginning of this week, I bought The Complete Works of Primo Levi. The introduction, written by Toni Morrison, stuck with me—one line in…
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And are they finally over?
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Finally, Some Good News by Delicious Tacos
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Sam and Anna meet on the sidewalk in front of their apartment building. Sam is coming home. Anna is on the way out. It's strange because over breakfast…
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Thanks for reading. Share this if you want to. The other day I remembered an ancient Egyptian proverb I once read somewhere. “We all die twice. First…
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Leave Society by Tao Lin
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One Friday evening last year during lockdown in New York Jess suggested that we order schnitzel for dinner. Both of us were at the time vegetarians. But…
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist.... but....
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