Good Material
Isabel KaplanFor people who like their essays personal and their humor dark, a newsletter about the body and the world and what to do with either of them. From novelist Isabel Kaplan.
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On warming waters and blood draws
This morning, I went to Labcorp for a blood draw. I had two orders from two different doctors.
“A good amount of tubes,” the receptionist said, looking at my two lab orders.
“How many is a good amount?”
“I won’t know until we’re back th...
A letter from my future self
on my one year nerve block anniversary, that September feeling, and a writing prompt I hope you'll try
Are you a new-school-supplies new-me September person or a year is nearly over September person?
Summer sketches
A selection of spreads from this summer’s sketchbooks, in roughly chronological order, from Cozumel to Cabo to the Sea of Cortez, then back to Los Angeles…
sunset night 3 of antibiotic injections in my ass
left cheek again today / it hurt...
Swimming with killer whales, and other things I’ve been up to
Hi. It’s been a while. Sorry. I owe more than a few updates – and for those of my readers who have very kindly checked in to see if I’m doing okay, thank you! Your kind words mean a lot.
AM I doing okay?
There have been extraordinary mom...
Cancel April Fools’ Day
There is a fine and distinct line between a good and bad prank.
A good prank is almost believable, the veil gradually slipping until it strains credulity and invites the attentive reader/recipient in on the joke. If the satire is never di...
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Author of the national bestselling novel NSFW and the viral Guardian essay "My boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I'm a writer." Happiest underwater or surrounded by books & dogs
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