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  1. Issue · Aug 1, 2026

    Making Lunch for Nostalgia (opens the original)

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    This essay was originally featured in Vol.5 of Kelsey Kotzur’s series Window Seat<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1125" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Przh!,w_1456,c_li

  2. Issue · Jul 30, 2026

    The July Almanac (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZmqC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13f15727-d704-467c-992e-e38e9fd9a5f4_1920x1080.j

  3. Issue · Jul 10, 2026

    Building a Life You Don't Want To Escape From (opens the original)

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    It’s summer and I walk down the street in a huge brown dress without any undergarments on. I am naked underneath all this fabric. Dressing for the life I want, not the life I have. Concrete and piss under each bated step instead of a grassy field in the Hudson Valley. Calling my mother like an eldest daughter should and catching the G train to make my doctors appointment on time and punctuating each birthday with further responsibility.I thought that creating content and posting on the Internet

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