HeyJaredClose Reading
I write close readings of classic texts, reflections on reading as a practice, and essays on attention, meaning, and the inner life, alongside notes from running close reading groups in NYC.
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The Architecture of Close Reading NYC (opens the original)
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Browse and register for upcoming reading groups at www.closereadingnyc.com!I’ve been on vacation for the past few weeks and now I’m back, inspired and ready to talk business. Two weeks ago, I finished the Portfolio Career Build Method with . Anna helps people build portfolio careers: a working life made of several complementary income streams instead of one full-time job. I have been following her Substack for a while, so when I saw that she was running a new cohort for wo
Omission as Presence (opens the original)
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Browse and register for upcoming reading groups at www.closereadingnyc.com!Sitting down to write my reflection this week feels very different from the last few. I’ve had a very admin-heavy last few days, so I’ve had a lot less time to wander and watch. Which is fine! Part of running my own business is learning to ride the waves and understand which moments require different parts of me. The two big things that I have been working on are:Creating the r
Don't be a chill host (opens the original)
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Browse and register for upcoming reading groups at www.closereadingnyc.com!Every week for our reading of The Odyssey, I bring in a Greek concept to frame the session. This week, I brought the word “xenos”, meaning stranger or guest. It’s the root of “xenia”, the code of hospitality that governs so many of the relationships in the poem. Once again, the questions The Odyssey asks kept permeating my life this week. What does it mean to be a good guest? What
Sing In Me, Muse (opens the original)
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Browse and register for upcoming reading groups at www.closereadingnyc.com!This week I kept circling the same idea, that we do our best work when we get out of our own way. What does it feel like to stop steering an experience and actually let it move through us?A quote that stuckJulia Cameron, The Artist’s Way:Most writers have had the experience of catching a poem or a paragraph or two of formed writing. We consider these finds to
Two Destinies (opens the original)
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Browse and register for upcoming reading groups at www.closereadingnyc.com!I’ve been in a writing slump and it hasn’t been fun. I feel so tense every time I sit down to write something “public”, but when I don’t write, things feel very slippery, and I notice I am less and less attentive in my every day life. So I decided to start a weekly reflection series. My idea is that these will be quick, structured posts that can help me loosen up as a writer and hopefully provide some insights for th
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