Newsletter #1

Getting Started | Aug. 5, 2022

After a fun 6 weeks filled with family, friends, and one unexpected tequila shot after another, I’m finally getting newsletter #1 out.

Getting this website off the ground was my biggest goal for this year and while it was ultimately for me, I feel fortunate at how much of myself I get to share with anyone interested.

I didn’t expect to throw myself into designing each page so much, to become particular about the art that I felt communicated the spirit or emotion I wanted to convey, but once I got started, I couldn’t stop. It spurred me on. I wrote furiously, feverishly. It has made me feel more like myself than I ever have and in the face of (a dozen? several dozen?) crushing global crises, it has been a source of comfort and inspiration.

It’s kept up, too. This month, in addition to a new piece (really should’ve thought about holding one or two back from the initial batch..), I uploaded some attempts at a re-entrance into oratory/spoken word. I’ll be uploading more soon, but these came out the cleanest so far - one of which is the reading of an all-time favorite (by the guy in the photo).

At the bottom, I included some things I’ve been listening to and reading lately. Please send your recs.

Thanks for being here.

What I’m Listening To

• Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny (this goes without saying)

• Surrender, Maggie Rogers

• Forever Isn’t Long Enough, Alfie Templeman

• Cocodrillo Turbo, Action Bronson

• Ramona Park Broke My Heart, Vince Staples

• Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley, Charley Crockett

• Drill Music in Zion, Lupe Fiasco

• Forest in the City, umi

• Come Over, kowloon

What I’m Reading (or just read)

• A Burning, Megha Majumdar (audiobook)

• Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey (audiobook)

• If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English, Noor Naga

• Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zouner

• Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks, Chris Herring

• Revolt of the Masses, José Ortega y Gasset