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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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...
Travel sketchbook: Monterey
I am thrilled to announce: I watched otters from a balcony. At a distance requiring a maxed out zoom lens. But I did it.
And then I wanted more. I wanted to be closer. I wanted to be in the water. Reverse Little Mermaid over here.
How qui...
Travel diaries: on invisible illness & swimming with sharks
I have just embarked on my first solo trip in a long time.1 A trip to hopefully recuperate from my recent hospitalization & all that followed - because of course leaving the hospital was less of a “we figured this out!” and more of a “you n...
A week in the hospital
Bright lights, thin blankets, beeping alarms. A color scheme of beleaguered beige and “it’s a boy!” blue. Middle of the night blood draws and medicines rarely delivered at the right times.
If you know, you know. If you don’t: lucky you....
Balloon Animal (or: month 1 of physical therapy)
I am holding onto sanity like a child does a balloon ribbon. Grip at once tight and inconsistent.
It’s frustrating when my body betrays the recovery arc I’ve outlined and am trying to write and live. I’ve come to accept a lot over the past...
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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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