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Issue 22: The Anti-Beach Read
Taking Clarice Lispector's The Apple in the Dark on vacation
Jul 9
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Erika Thorkelson
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June 2025
Issue 21: On the Kindness of Strangers
Thoughts on a city bus in Mexico
Jun 3
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Erika Thorkelson
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April 2025
Issue 20: From L.A. with Love
A super quick trip to the end of capitalism
Apr 3
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Erika Thorkelson
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March 2024
Issue 19: Annotated Draft
A new essay on selfies and Aging in the Walrus
Mar 6, 2024
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Erika Thorkelson
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August 2023
Issue 18: Journey to the Centre of a Draft Part 2
I've finished a second draft of the memoir! Here are some books that inspired me in the process.
Aug 8, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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April 2023
Issue 17: Is it perimenopause?
Aging is everyone's least favourite form of time travel
Apr 13, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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March 2023
Issue 16: Vulnerability in creative nonfiction writing
Hello friends,
Mar 15, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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Issue 15: Food Insecurity and Journalism
How reporting on rising rates of food insecurity on campuses reminded me about the journalist-activist debate
Mar 1, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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January 2023
Issue 14: A Tale of Two Podcasters
Welcome back to my newsletter where I share short, poorly edited notes about stuff I find interesting.
Jan 25, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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Issue 13: An Ode to Slow Reading
Welcome back to my newsletter where I share short, poorly edited notes about stuff I find interesting.
Jan 10, 2023
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Erika Thorkelson
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December 2022
Issue 12: My year in writing (and rejection)
Welcome back to my newsletter where I share short, poorly edited notes about stuff I find interesting.
Dec 19, 2022
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Erika Thorkelson
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October 2022
Issue 11: On Pizza, Ambition, and the Creative Process
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Oct 20, 2022
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Erika Thorkelson
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