Residuum | Kaya Oakes | Substack

Against ambition

From 2024: We should all stop making lists to prove our worth

Dec 29, 2025 • Kaya Oakes

What we owe one another

On reading as debt, and a hiatus

Dec 14, 2025 • Kaya Oakes

Lying with the wolf

On fallow times

Nov 24, 2025 • Kaya Oakes

Five career paths for writers

Nov 14, 2025 • Kaya Oakes

Waterloo Sunset's Fine

On the erasure of women in music

Nov 6, 2025 • Kaya Oakes

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