Champagne Socialist
Pretty things, high culture, leftist politics, and my ongoing existential crisis provoked by the collision of all three.
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Champagne Socialist is Taking a Break! (opens the original)
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Hi friends,I’m planning to take a two month absence from writing or even BEING on Substack (I deleted the app last winter, which was wonderful and I haven’t looked back, but I do still check on desktop from time to time). I was going to leave you all with more robust and thoughtful list of recommendations and readings while I was away, but frankly I ran out of time! Anyway, I’m doing the lovely Colleen Kinder’s1 Book Incubator over the next two months, and with that, work
Poets at Work, the Loose Morals of Corporate America, Miscellaneous GOSSIP (opens the original)
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I interviewed the poet, copywriter, novelist, Kenyon grad, and Brooklyn resident Daniel Poppick about his novel The Copywriter in June for the LA Review of Books. Here’s Dan: <div class=
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