of stories and storytellers: Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo’s RecuerdoRecuerdo is the intermingling of the personal and the national, of autobiography and historiography.Mar 6Mar 6
of chocolate bars, soda, and long drives: a love storyShe opens her front door and is delighted to see him standing there, tiredly smiling down at her, just in time for their dinner date.Feb 14Feb 14
goodbye for real, 2024 ❤May I meet each day I face with the consoling thought that I’m meeting each one — meeting my entire life, actually — for the first time.Feb 9Feb 9
history as known and felt in The Three-Cornered SunIt is history from below; we are granted the perspective of the ordinary man.Nov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024
you are precious, just as you are now“Life isn’t life-ing” rn? Yeah, I know the feeling.Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024
why I writePerhaps it’s alright to write for just me. And somehow it’ll end up being for you, too.Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024
a reason to hopeI hesitated a lot before sharing these words with the world. Initially I thought that it would be better to write this as a personal…May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
on letting go, moving forward, and WandaVision: a review + a reflection on griefSPOILER WARNING: First, please do not read this if you mind spoilers, because this is going to have a lot of WandaVision spoilers! But as…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
how to make what you read “stick”: a few musings on readingA few weeks ago, upon a friend’s suggestion, I started reading Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet.” I was reading it on my…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
