Dispatch from the Keyframe
A missive, a vignette, an essay, a short story from the intersection of literature, writing, and mental health.
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- 4
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- Aug 24, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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What does authorship mean? (opens the original)
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Everybody Loves A Good Villain (opens the original)
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Dear Reader, Growing up, one of my FAVORITE novela (Spanish soap operas) actresses was Itati Cantoral. And I’m sure you know who she is, even if you’ve never seen one second of her acting.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="596" src="h
Ambition, Rewritten (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Happy August! I currently find myself sitting in my backyard at 10 a.m. on a Sunday. The sun not quite blazing, but it is promising that it’ll scorch the earth sometime around 1 p.m. Against my better judgment, I have a hot cup of coffee in my hand, but I also have a book in the other, Olivia Dean in my AirPods, and I intend to enjoy the sweetness of a quiet summer morning.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GsP1!,f_auto,q_auto:g
You Don’t Get To Keep Words (opens the original)
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