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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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“I'm the same kind of writer.”

and Lucy Sante discuss Sante’s new memoir of transition.

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Going over the line

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I am reading an owl’s obituary.

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Cicada, Cicada

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"Make me miss you."

in conversation with [Sowmya Krishnamurthy](https://twitter.com/SowmyaK).

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Fashion Killa

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Feel the rumble.

on our centuries-old obsession with frequency.

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Low vibrations

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 "I was wearing dangling sword earrings the day of my attack."

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The world has turned and left me here

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Is it better to desire, or be desired?

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The Desire Question

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Pulling off the machine assist.

on Alphabetical Diaries and thinking defensively about effort.

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Sheila Heti’s Gimmicks

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A dog in a song.

previously wrote about [putting people in songs](https://dirt.fyi/article/2023/06/lonely-heart "Lonely heart"). Today, she writes about her dog Ruthie.

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