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30 unsolicited opinions from a newly-30-year-old
there are quite a few new subscribers around here these days, so i figured what better way to ostracize a ton of them than to release my unsolicited opinions upon you all?
p.s. if you’re new here, HYPER/FIXATED is a home for the stories an...
My dental hygienist wants to know when I'm having kids [repost]
Hi friends, happy summer! This is a republication of an essay originally written in July 2025, back when only about fifteen percent of you were around to see it. For more on why I’m doing summer reruns, please read this piece. Enjoy!
“Wow,...
the long-distance daughter blues
Hi friends — this is a republication of an essay originally written in June 2025, back when only about fifteen percent of you were around to see it. For more on why I’m doing summer reruns, read last week’s piece. This is still one of my fa...
it's summertime and the livin is NOT easy!
Hi friends,
Happy pride month! 🌈 How’s it going? I’m on my second iced latte of the day, thanks for asking.
I have something to admit to you all today:
I am cheating on this newsletter with my novel.
boo, hiss, tomato tomato
I know...
Messy sapphics, music, and making THE MAIDENHEADS | An interview with author Benny B. Peterson
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this book.
image c/o Penguin Random House
THE MAIDENHEADS is a visceral, deeply emotional story of queer heartbreak, obsession, and the life-altering lengths two people will go to for their fledg...
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I write HYPER/FIXATED, a home for the stories and ideas that just won’t leave us alone. Also writing my debut novel! Fiction supported by Lynn Steger Strong’s Novel Generator, McCormack Writing Center, Julia Phillips' Novel Year, Wildacres & more.
Alum of McCormack (Tin House)’25, Storyboard ‘24 & ‘25, Kenyon ‘26 and Lynn Steger Strong's Novel Generator. Writing an A24-esque gothic horror about four women who attend an artists retreat that is not the creative sanctuary they hoped it to be.
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