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Alina Stefanescu 7/3/26 Alina Stefanescu 7/3/26

Any Moment Together May Be Your Last, and Other Lessons from Sofi Stambo’s “People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much”

This is why she ran away when a pregnant woman crossed her path. “I didn’t want to be near the hands that left marks on everything they touched,” writes Stambo.

Shivani Gupta 2/23/26 Shivani Gupta 2/23/26

Papers, please

I have grown out of the sock drawer. a vagrant unfit holed structure that still somehow keeps you warm.

Jonathan Fletcher 12/16/25 Jonathan Fletcher 12/16/25

Cowboys

Because I was brown
they cocked their thumbs
aimed pasty forefingers
at me while they shouted
‍ ‍ Take that, Geronimo!

Asya Graf 12/12/25 Asya Graf 12/12/25

Shovel People

It’s as easy as it sounds in my grandparents’ letters to live a normal life under an authoritarian regime. You love or fall out of love, you go on summer adventures, defend a dissertation. The trains keep running, cows keep giving milk.