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01
On editing what you can't see
The cuts you don't notice are the ones that matter most. — Aisha Bell, Mar 2024
02
Letters from a long winter
A correspondence between two writers, one in Iceland, one in Patagonia. — Mar 2024
03
What footnotes are for
An essay on the things we don't quite want to say out loud. — T. Yoon, Apr 2024
04
Lisbon, in three indirections
Notes on living in a city that doesn't ask you to belong. — P. Marek, May 2024
05
The case for slower releases
Why some of the best software ships once a year. — Aisha Bell, Jun 2024
06
On reading the wrong book
Sometimes the book you didn't pick teaches you the most. — T. Yoon, Jul 2024
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