HeyJaredOrganizing Isolation
News, notes, and conversations from writer, publisher, and filmmaker Aidan Ryan. (I Am Here You Are Not I Love You, Foundlings Press, etc.)
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18. On the Hunt with Matt Farwell (opens the original)
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Matt Farwell is a writer, scholar, and gentleman flax farmer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can find his work in the excellent newsletter here on Substack; in the archives of magazines like Rolling Stone and County Highway; between the covers of American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan, his book with coauthor Michael Ames; and on X, where he is busy <a href="https://x.com/HuntClancy/status/21035431889
Dortmund Park (opens the original)
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Little Miss Communication (opens the original)
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It was raining hard on the 90, the last of the downtown commuters rocketing eastbound to homes in Eggertsville and Depew. It rained with the completeness of a car wash, a percussion that did nothing to soften Enza’s screaming.Enza, I said. Enza. Her name sounded meek in my mouth, already defeated. We were headed to the Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga1; I was taking Enza because Rachelle was teaching a night class and I needed to pick up something for work the next day. I had been looking forw
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Inside The Room: Or, my coffee date with Tommy Wiseau (opens the original)
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Subscribers: I’m sorry. The summer has been quiet for Organizing Isolation. I’ve been adjusting to life as a working father and (recently) staccato nights dominated by a four-month old’s “sleep regression.” I don’t really have any thoughts let alone time to write them down. Well, maybe some thoughts. But they need to simmer.So, I thought I’d share a piece from the archives—way back, 2015, before most of you started reading my missives.I met Tommy Wiseau. You know, the guy from The Room
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