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Featured essays

Now what.

Now what.

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Behold Jesus of Bennington

Behold Jesus of Bennington

On the edge of the ledge

On the edge of the ledge

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

Latest communiqués

Nov
06
Now what.

Now what.

Letter No. 101: This should be fun.
3 min read
Nov
03
My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

Letter No. 100 (!): A rant from the brink of American political madness, or why can’t I find the mute button?
4 min read
Oct
08
Book Report for September 2024

Book Report for September 2024

Letter No. 99: You may detect a self-conscious, apologetic tone.
1 min read
Oct
03
More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

Letter No. 98: Includes a few hard-to-spell place names, Vikings, and quite a lot about house paint.
5 min read
Sep
19
The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík

The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík

Letter No. 97: Once again, the author indulges his besottedness with color, this time after walking through Iceland with a perpetual grin on his mug.
4 min read
Sep
04
Book report for August 2024

Book report for August 2024

Letter No. 96: Includes Arctic lit and disrespect for a canonical American author.
1 min read
Aug
27
You may experience a brief service interruption

You may experience a brief service interruption

Letter No. 95: Explaining an upcoming period of radio silence while Dr Essai sojourns in Greenland.
2 min read
Aug
23
Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Letter No. 94: Includes color theory, an unfounded claim about evolution, and a Scottish word for ass
8 min read
Aug
14
Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Letter No. 93: It’s all snow geese, top to bottom.
3 min read
Aug
03
Book report for July 2024

Book report for July 2024

Letter No. 92: Includes social history, travelogue, a rewrite of Twain, and one more indication of Dr Essai’s favorite spirit, as if that were needed.
1 min read