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constellations #76: twenty-twenty-two
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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Dec 31, 2022
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constellations #71: crying
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…
marissa
Aug 24, 2022
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constellations #79: two poems for spring
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…
marissa
Mar 24
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constellations #60: not being ready, not being young
Hi again. It’s so nice to see you! (If you are wondering why I’m no longer showing up in your inboxes weekly/on Tuesdays, here’s your gentle reminder…
marissa
Oct 24, 2021
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constellations #65: seventh grade
Hi again. In the recent past I have spent a good deal of time with two pieces of media that take place during seventh grade: Pen15, the TV show wherein…
marissa
Feb 24, 2022
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constellations #2: strangers' windows; taco bell travelogue
Hello again. One of the most delightful things I have seen recently is this little web app called WindowSwap where you click a button and you’re shown…
marissa
Jul 21, 2020
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constellations #37: choices
Hi again. I moved to Washington, D.C. when I was 22, on the heels of a cross-country road trip, and before that, a terrible but well-paying office job…
marissa
Mar 30, 2021
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constellations #19: oh! darling
Hi again. For a couple years in college and a couple years just after, I drove a navy blue late-’90s Volvo sedan. Before it was mine, it belonged to my…
marissa
Nov 17, 2020
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constellations #74: phases and cycles
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…
marissa
Nov 24, 2022
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constellations #50: late bloomer
Hi again. When I was in grad school, it started to feel like the walls were closing in. All my classmates seemed to have very particular post-graduation…
marissa
Jun 29, 2021
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constellations #1: a big fake million-dollar bill
Greetings! Thanks for agreeing to meet me inside the personal space of your email inbox. I'm writing to you from the small Massachusetts town I grew up…
marissa
Jul 14, 2020
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constellations #78: lies and language
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…
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Feb 24
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