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5 Substack Essays By Black Authors That Gathered Me And My Edges This Week
I read some beautiful work and I had to return to the best ones. I don't have edges.
Jan 16
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Andrew Ricketts
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A Letter to You, who's fighting a private New Year's battle
Take solace in the fact that I am you and you are me, like Stevie said.
Jan 15
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Andrew Ricketts
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Young black boys do not have eating disorders
I wish I knew what compelled 11-year-old me to shove my index and then pointer finger down my throat in the bathroom at Choate-Rosemary Hall after…
Jan 14
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Andrew Ricketts
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How to Watch One Battle After Another As the Son of a Failed Revolutionary
The characters are imperfect but motivated.
Jan 13
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Andrew Ricketts
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HBO's Industry makes Harper Stern TV's best anti-hero
Myha'la is dragging this show by the toenails out from obscurity and into primetime.
Jan 12
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Andrew Ricketts
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For the Martyr Poet
There's no hiding behind words. They are the attack.
Jan 10
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Andrew Ricketts
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Review: The Pitt returns to rip my heart out and sew it back together
The Pitt works because it's medical care fantasy, never reality.
Jan 9
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Andrew Ricketts
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When did you realize there were Two Americas?
The story of when I first played handball at private school versus public school. (Plus, updates on what to expect from this ride we're on together.)
Jan 8
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Andrew Ricketts
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