"I believe, on the one hand, that my mother was not her belongings, but on the other hand, I don’t know if that’s true." From Sasha Graybosch's "Stuff, the Essay," which appears in the Catharsis Issue: ow.ly/PRMe50yyRri

LA is so lucky because Sasha Graybosch is in Los Angeles Review of Books and her essay—on grief, stuff, and the complications of Kondo-style purging—is such a multifaceted beauty. lareviewofbooks.org/article/stuff-…

Are you sending us all the brooms?

New piece up on @wigleaf today! Written during a far-off time when some people still thought of wellness as a thing Gwyneth Paltrow talked about while prancing out of a giant ombré vagina. wigleaf.com

check out awesome writer and teacher wry bread's newsletter with creative bits and sparks to get some writing going. this one is about the evocative magic of objects 🌟

Matched. Keep it going? Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to bail out people protesting the murder of George Floyd

One of the primary contracts in a democracy is that journalists should be free to do the work of observing and reporting when events happen. It keeps us all free. Watching this gave me chills.

Please consider joining us in signing this cross-campus statement to get cops off our campuses, and to redirect funds for policing towards educational opportunities for communities impacted by police violence #XCampusnocops ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼tinyurl.com/XCampusNoMoreC….

As demonstrations continue nationwide and anti-racist organizers push to defund the police across the country, we released a tool that calculates the percentage of police budgets to the total respective budget of the 300 largest U.S. cities. Find your city:costofpolice.org

Maybe this is the day you'd like to read a very short story about a woman who is certain her cat saved her life? If so, pls check out my story in Electric Literature's The Commuter (which is now open for submissions!) electricliterature.com/the-true-story…

📣 CHMA is still delivering groceries and other essentials to our neighbors. Want to help support those efforts? We have a new fundraising page where you can make a tax-deductible donation: ioby.org/project/crown-… Spread the word to help us reach our goal of raising $100K!

On this Labor Day, let's not forget that one type of unions -- police unions -- needs some serious reforms because they too often act against the public interest & too often defend violent abuses against people of color. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

I HOPE THIS E-MAIL DOES NOT FIND YOU I HOPE YOUR CHAIR HAS GROWN OVER WITH MOSS I HOPE A PLEASANT BUT UNOBSERVED BEAM OF LIGHT HITS YOUR DESK PERFECTLY THROUGH THE COLLAPSED CEILING I HOPE THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING

I need your help to spread this info: the list of 26 sites (w/days & hours) where NYC residents 75+ can walk up & be vaccinated w/no appointment. And they can bring a plus one to be vaccinated too. Can you spread this far and wide? (Translated versions of the flier coming soon).

Chloé's book is incredible and a conversation with her would be a gift