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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…
Andrew Tran
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…
Andrew Tran
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…
Andrew Tran

June 2021

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…
Andrew Tran
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 being…
Andrew Tran
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