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2025: the year in books (and then some)
My favorite four panel comic by Lynda Barry
Dec 20, 2025 • Nina Li Coomes
Ode to Standing Watch
a short reflection on two weeks of ICE watch
Oct 15, 2025 • Nina Li Coomes
Tokyo Notes
a collection of observations from our time here
Feb 17, 2025 • Nina Li Coomes
2024: the year in books
I, uh, did a LOT of reading this year.
Dec 17, 2024 • Nina Li Coomes
On Sleepiness
My first try at being an agony aunt!
May 22, 2024 • Nina Li Coomes
Ekphrasis 1: On being a Bad Writer and Nicole Eisenman
From Success to Obscurity, Nicole Eisenman, 2004.
May 10, 2024 • Nina Li Coomes
On haircuts
Before we begin: What follows is a rather silly meditation on hair, but I don’t even want to get there before I drag our attention to the ongoing…
Apr 4, 2024 • Nina Li Coomes
Sky Above Clouds
On money, scarcity and writing
Mar 9, 2024 • Nina Li Coomes
What I'm Trying To Say Is
What I'm Trying To Say Is
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What I'm Trying To Say Is

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