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Now, I could think about some new things

Hannah, who I never met, was the person most on my mind before my hysterectomy.

Jul 7 •

May 2025

In Writing Live with Jean Hannah Edelstein

A recording from Jean and Hattie Crisell's live video

May 13 •

and

48:06

How nice to try writing it down

I’m writing a novel now.

May 8 •

April 2025

If we ever see him, there will be hell to pay

TW for podiatry chat

Apr 30 •

No one would ever give less than a five-star review to a newborn baby

It’s common, in the world of publishing, to compare the act of publishing of a book to the act of giving birth to a baby.

Apr 8 •

March 2025

[by throwing ham]

dedicated to Sophie Heawood, whose newsletter you should read

Mar 24 •

(un-humble? I'm American now)

A few weeks ago I took a day off from work and went to the city to record the audio book for BREASTS, a task that I found arduous and unpleasant…

Mar 6 •

January 2025

It was a week of milestones.

Jan 20 •

Why? It's OK to wear an ugly sweater

In the coffee shop this morning the atmosphere of relief was palpable, everyone back in their boring old pleasant lives, usual coffee orders, typing…

Jan 2 •

December 2024

Maybe this a reminder: We have to be careful

M had been asking for a short haircut for most of this past year.

Dec 16, 2024 •

The sensory pleasure of opening the envelopes

Why is everyone on Substack writing gift guides as if we are working at fashion magazines in the 00s, like me when I used to give my family presents of…

Dec 6, 2024 •

November 2024

That's what I have to say about this election

I can’t stop thinking about this essay in the New York Times by a high school student, writing of her grief, and the grief of her girl friends, the…

Nov 18, 2024 •

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