Optimistic Attachments
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My first winter in the Bay, I frequently loitered around the South Shore Center in Alameda, a recognizably indistinct shopping development anchored by …
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I recently had a conversation with a friend about the DSM, which I’m always surprised when reminded that it’s an actual book that you can purchase. At …
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I mentioned recently the difficulty with which I’ve found writing, not for a lack of opportunity nor for a shortage of ideas—if there’s one thing that …
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I’ve been wrestling with how things are written, and the qualities that make something worth writing. I want to offer more than exegesis, because expla…
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There is an emerging genre of confessional art born from the minds of people whose coming-of-age were at once marked by perpetual angst as well as bein…
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