the m is for mary
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24 Apr 2020
I first went to Fiona Apple's house last June to talk with her about life and music and scorpion hearts; we've been in conversation for over a year now, about her album, her home, why she's done "tickling balls," and the one rule she strives to live by.
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27 Nov 2023
"Wherever you are, there *you* are — and you’re still 39. The only thing to do, of course, is to kill the self, submit to ego death, and truly begin anew."
The brilliant @kmiversen recommends @LexiFreiman's The Book of Ayn! 💫
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27 Nov 2023
"Leichter has written a profound, provocative novel with Escher-like dimensions." Read @kmiversen on @hilsaphina's TERRACE STORY and new beginnings here: justcirclingback.substack.co…
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2 Jan 2023
Wrote a little bit about dreams, Fleur Jaeggy, The Vegetarian, trigger points, and Paris, Texas. Read, subscribe, etc. Thank you 🙂
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18 Nov 2022
"It’s goofy and counterintuitive, the idea of Jacques Derrida, so profoundly skeptical of the ability of language to capture true meaning, giving way to gushing, unguarded enthusiasm as he chows down on banana bread"
It'd be an honor if my last tweet is this important retweet 🍌
18 Nov 2022
here it is, a couple months in the writing and 20 years in the making: 5,500 words on Film Forum’s Jacques Derrida banana bread sign—and digital documentaries, NYC gentrification, the meaning of words and the workings of memory:
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1 Nov 2022
let yourself be spiritually fulfilled by this, the only good quiz
1 Nov 2022
Bookmatch is back! Donate any amount to n 1 this month and take a deranged and spiritually fulfilling personality quiz that will match you with ten life-changing (or at least really good) books. Donate more and get said books in the mail. secure.givelively.org/donate…
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31 Oct 2022
I wrote about some scary things, like spotted lanternflies, love, and ladders. Plus, recommendations for a book by @lmillernpr, an article by @jerrysaltz, a play by @suzanloriparks, a sculpture by @inuverse, and more. Please read, subscribe, etc 🙂
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26 Oct 2022
"This is a book for everyone who can never quite tell whether everything matters or nothing matters, and wants to feel less alone as they figure out how to create meaning for themselves."🎭 Don't miss @kmiversen on @_chelsea_martin's TELL ME I'M AN ARTIST buff.ly/3Fb8S1a
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17 Oct 2022
I wrote a little about storms, art school, nostalgia, and theater people, with recommendations for novels by @_chelsea_martin @otherppl @J_Escoffery @NYRB_Imprints and more. Read, subscribe, etc 🙂
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19 Jul 2022
Couldn't be happier about this news!!
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kristin iversen retweeted
24 Jun 2022
intellectually knowing that something is coming does not prepare you for the devastation in the body when it hits
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kristin iversen retweeted
24 Jun 2022
Overturning Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. Democrats must now end the filibuster in the Senate, codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe.
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kristin iversen retweeted
24 Jun 2022
Biden has a bully pulpit and if he were serious about using it, he could call for all of them to be impeached for lying under oath and normalize that debate. He won't, of course, because learned helplessness is all the Democrats seem to have.
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kristin iversen retweeted
24 Jun 2022
i'm going to tear my own fucking head off x.com/amylunews/status/15403…
24 Jun 2022
#NEW from @SpeakerPelosi:
“This cruel ruling is outrageous and heart-wrenching. But make no mistake: the rights of women and all Americans are on the ballot this November.”
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kristin iversen retweeted
14 Jun 2022
Happy pub day to @jordan_castro2's The Novelist!
"Very funny." —@vulture ✨ "Brilliant." —@TheBrooklynRail ✨ "Enthralling." —@ALA_Booklist ✨ "Scatalogically exuberant." —@kmiversen ✨ "Jordan Castro is a rare new talent." —@marysouth ✨
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9 Jun 2022
"Everyone feels like a little bit more of a mess for longer than they’re allowed to say."
Spoke with Sloane Crosley (aka @askanyone) about Cult Classic, getting closure, and what it means to be "New York young." (It's kind of like being New York famous!)
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kristin iversen retweeted
9 Jun 2022
“Everyone feels like a little bit more of a mess for longer than they’re allowed to say.” @kmiversen profiles @askanyone. lithub.com/sloane-crosley-on…
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kristin iversen retweeted
6 Jun 2022
"Bitingly funny, scatalogically exuberant... A generous portrait of what it takes to be truly creative, rather than reactive or imitative."
The brilliant @kmiversen on The Novelist by @jordan_castro2 among other delightful recommendations (green cake!) 💫
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4 Jun 2022
I wrote a little about good taste, "green cake" (iykyk), nuns, forgery, Quantum Leap, and scatalogical exuberance. Featuring recommendations for books by @jordan_castro2 @kitenearsink and more. Read, subscribe, etc. 🙂
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