a bad reading month and a good film-watching month ✦ feat. anime classics, Vietnamese & Iranian slow cinema, and Sean Baker's Anora| www.personalcanon.com
Are we really living through a uniquely lonely moment in American history? When it comes to friendship, this isn’t the first time that authorities have cried wolf.| asteriskmag.com
on delusional fantasies and self-respect ✦ feat. Elsa Morante, Didion, Flaubert and Tolstoy| personal canon
perfection is impossible, but I'm chasing it anyway ✦ plus Flaubert, Proust, and that one Ira Glass quote| personal canon
the pessimism of slow cinema| ordinaryinstants.substack.com