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portrait of a barista, desired

Unobtainable desire haunts me everyday.

Woody Allen

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portrait of a barista, desired
portrait of a barista, desired
Woody Allen

5 min read


Dec 29, 2022

san francisco,

a love letter of many. I was better last night. Some autumns ago in a Chinatown apartment, pinning roaches to death with the end of a plastic broom. Or maybe somewhere in the Outer Richmond with the last hours of light in the day, pressed against my mold-ridden basement apartment…

San Francisco

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san francisco,
san francisco,
San Francisco

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Nov 22, 2022

aftersun

love-live-tweeting the film without timestamps. feelings in consecutive order: There’s a reason why we pull our phones sees sunsets and sunrises before our own eyes do. An incredible opening where we are asked what we thought we’d be doing from the vantage point of 11 years old. Do you even…

Aftersun

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aftersun
aftersun
Aftersun

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Nov 9, 2022

ITAEWON –

and all the unbearable guilt. Itaewon The Sunday after, the alarm in my phone rung a heaviness that shifted all its aching into my hand. I texted everyone I knew, lives I was unsure were there or not. We take it for granted, this thing called living. Health, too. We…

Itaewon Halloween

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ITAEWON –
ITAEWON –
Itaewon Halloween

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Aug 21, 2022

on keeping a writing contract —

scrap it, leave it, be a body be a verb. Whenever I see an article about a writing contract, I say, scrap a contract. A contract means all business and writing cannot be a business. It is an art. It is a means to bridging yourself to the world. Every…

Writing

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on keeping a writing contract —
on keeping a writing contract —
Writing

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Aug 4, 2022

so i ate shrooms —

speech act, killing teens, all about lily chou chou, los angeles i love you. As a teenager, a fantasy always appeared at the front steps of my heartache: a Volkswagen Mk1 GTI slowly pulling into my driveway so that a soft white light would seep through the blinds and flood…

LGBTQ

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so i ate shrooms —
so i ate shrooms —
LGBTQ

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Jun 23, 2022

writing on writing

all the ways i look back — As Lapvona hits bookstore shelves, I can’t help but wonder: Whatever happened to that one Moshfegh book that came before? The one with the least amount of traction. The one that most people disliked? The one forgotten. “Her name was Magda. Nobody will…

Otessa Moshfegh

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writing on writing
writing on writing
Otessa Moshfegh

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May 9, 2022

why you should be watching pachinko.

when was the last time you experienced art that transcended enjoyment and overwhelmed you with its power? Rice. The way steam rises from it like afternoon rain on a baked sidewalk, when it comes out in a metal tin bowl, hat and all, hot to the touch. Most Korean restaurants…

Pachinko

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why you should be watching pachinko.
why you should be watching pachinko.
Pachinko

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Mar 28, 2022

coming home — a story from january.

coming home — a story from january. America forgets. America happens, and then amnesic totality takes over. I’m headed towards history.

Licorice Pizza

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coming home — a story from january.
coming home — a story from january.
Licorice Pizza

5 min read


Feb 24, 2022

in Mariupol, at nine

america sleeps, and there is blood in Ukraine. three peaceful people dead. the reporter emphasizes peaceful peace, full of it, a bounty, all of it. all the peace in three unmarked faces, gone. i imagine hands up, brave voices, gone in blinks, blind aggression. a reporter later adds, a child…

Ukraine

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in Mariupol, at nine
in Mariupol, at nine
Ukraine

2 min read

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