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I write essays and poetry at the intersection of mental clarity, physical wellness, and neurodivergent identity, which is a sophisticated way of saying I spend a lot of time thinking about why people stay stuck and then write about it.

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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The Geometry of Return: (opens the original)

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    One bench. One woman. Forty years. The kind of math that refuses to be solved by anything except the slow attrition of living through it, which is less about numbers and more about the creeping realization that the furniture is outlasting you, outwitting you, quietly accumulating victories while you keep recalculating your own worth in the margins. The bench remains, unmoved, unbothered. The self, meanwhile, keeps scribbling frantic corrections, as if the universe is actually grading, as if ther

  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    the bowerbird’s auditorium (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="608" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5rrX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2574d172-39d4-4c70-bfca-ea68b09ec92c_1024x608.jpe

  3. Issue · Aug 17, 2026

    THE ENTROPIC RIGHTS CONVENTION (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 14, 2026

    The Great Emoji Wayfinding Incident of Bass Goblin Weekend (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 7, 2026

    The Retrograde Apologetic (opens the original)

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