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Find Yourself Online (stop looking)
I tried to make my first Youtube video around 10. It was a hair tutorial that my sweet, archival father definitely still has tucked away...
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Aug 7, 2024


August (Interlude)
Where have you gone, sweetest summer? It is August and that is the worst news I’ve ever heard. August, already? You’ve gotta be kidding...
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Aug 5, 2024


Jonathan Haidt on the Thought Daughter
There is a new character in the Hot Literati digital universe. His name is Jonathan and he ♡s (re)Cognition Summer. You'll be seeing a...
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Aug 3, 2024


One Bar, 3 Dates
The Mulberry in Nolita, 3 times over I never know if I’m addictive, or if I like routine, or if the answer is somewhere in between. It’s...
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Jul 31, 2024


God is change and so must we
Little Deaths/Little Delights, Full Moon Edition Hello hello hellooo!! This has been a wacky week both online and offline. I got the...
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Jul 21, 2024


On Dostoevsky Night
But first, a quick note from Hailo: We're doing a ~drop~ but I'd rather call it a ~debut~. A little softer, right? Rolls off the tongue....
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Jul 18, 2024


Next Book Club Picks
and other news Hello and good evening. I am still addicted to the sunset. I feel like I'm perpetually in search of an iced coffee I've...
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Jul 16, 2024


Hungover Musings, Summer Flings
26. Little Deaths/Delights For better or worse, or better and worse, life always feels like some sort of dream to me. This comes up a lot...
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Jul 7, 2024


The World has its own Music
and God, his own schedule Music has sounded so wonderful lately, because I have been listening to less. I've been watching the sunset in...
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Jul 1, 2024


The People According to Hot Literati #1
We’re walking the streets of the Lower East Side trying to find willing participants to entertain us in our game.
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Jun 21, 2024


Anatomy of an Oyster / Who’s buying my dinner tonight?
Dripping sweat from scalp to white lace panty line, it’s barely June and I’m wondering who’s buying my dinner tonight. The summers of my...
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Jun 15, 2024


(re)Cognition Summer: Reconnecting with the Subway Car
Do me a favor. Next time you’re out running errands, existing in a liminal space, or in the coffee line, look around. Look with...
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Jun 13, 2024


Influencers, we're Going Down (Singing)
Last night, I was a plus one to the most fascinating event. These things are more fun as a plus one. Just ask my friend, Griffin, who was...
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Jun 12, 2024


I know a story about a Rose
I know a story about a Rose. If you don’t think I could talk about a single flower, you are wrong. She would wish for a rose, from anyone...
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Jun 8, 2024


Reading Books at Book Launch Parties: a Very New York Story
“New York is a small town,” my Uncle Lenny was constantly telling me growing up. New York is, obviously, the most populous city in the...
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Jun 7, 2024


Net Neutral on Wes Anderson
On Friday, I stayed in. Got a text from someone who had “wanted to see me,” but I don’t even know if I “wanted to see them.”
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May 6, 2024


Launching Books and the Influencerfication of Art
Bella's reflections on an influencer event at a big 5 publisher.
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Apr 24, 2024




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