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“It was a ‘white woman’s disease’ she heard him say to the nurse beside him.”

is a Zambian writer and freelance journalist based in Lusaka, Zambia.

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 Piety

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“Language wins every time.”

in conversation with Catherine Lacey about Lacey’s new book, The Möbius Book.


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Narratives for the overworked. 

on the popularity of Japanese isekai stories as an escape from your crappy job.

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Slow life

Mrs. Dalloway

From Blank x Urban Stems

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”

The Mrs. Dalloway

Introducing...The Mrs. Dalloway 💐

In defense of friction

The most valuable commodity in the world. 

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the dry season

One author's year of celibacy.

in conversation with [Melissa Febos](https://www.melissafebos.com/?_bhlid=1c7634c247e9ea8a00715eab467fe698cdb599ed).


the dry season (1)

An antidote to regret

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The new world struggles to be born. 

asks: what’s in a scene? This is part one of a two-part series. 

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Where will the next literary movement come from?

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On 9/11, a nurse was texting saucy messages to thousands of strangers across the country. But the nurse was really a 21-year-old man, bored in an office in London. 

writes about delivering “the last orgasm at the end of the world.” This essay was originally published in [The Fence](https://www.the-fence.com/).

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Hold the Phone

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