Hi again. Sending you a short missive this month because I am dealing with some personal things. Anyway here is a poem by Molly Brodak: In the Morning…
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February 2023

Hi again. Are you a good liar? A loaded question, as in: Do you use lying for good? But also, are you good at telling lies? As in: Are they believable…

January 2023

Hi again. Recently I got this TikTok video in my feed about the supposed need, around my age, to have in your pocket at all times a fascinating…

December 2022

Hi again. I rang in 2022 in a place that feels like the end of the world — or at least the end of Massachusetts. Matt and I woke up on Cape Cod and…
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Hi again, I hope you made it through the solstice intact (or, if not, that you were changed for the better). Last week, a few days ahead of the shortest…

November 2022

Hi again. A period of nineteen years, or 235 lunar months, is called a metonic cycle. This means the new and full moons (and all the other phases of the…
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October 2022

Hi again. I hope you’re doing well. What a month! I spent fully half of the nights since we last spoke sleeping someplace that is not the city where I…

September 2022

Hi again. At the end of last year, I wrote that time felt like it wasn’t moving forward for me — or more so, that my life didn’t feel like it was moving…
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August 2022

Hi again. Did you know humans are the only animals that cry? A uniquely human thing, as it turns out. “Though some other species shed tears reflexively…
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July 2022

Hi again. You might remember that a couple months ago I wrote about Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom and also Olivia Laing’s Everybody and the ways those two…
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June 2022

Hi again. I hope you’ve been well. The onset of summer in Brooklyn is about as nice as everyone says it is; I hope the same is true where you are. Last…

May 2022

Hi again. I’ve been listening to a lot of Krill lately. Krill’s lyrics are full of perfect little lines: “I had a bad day / but at least it's ending…