Ten things that I enjoyed in 2024, whether they came out this year or not.

Some final words on slow reading Ulysses by James Joyce over the course of 2023. My non-review and non-reccommendation for one of the more difficult books I've read.

The digital version of my all-analog update zine.

An interrogation of the aesthetic landscape of musical theatre, and questioning its continued dependence on trendiness.

What Chicago theatre can learn from Fugazi, Rudolf Rocker, and Ursula K. Le Guin

On slowing down consumption, removing myself from a system, and how the fashion industry exports pain and suffering across the globe.

Some final words on slow reading Capital, Volume I by Karl Marx over the course of 2022, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dialectic. My collected thoughts, small takeaways, and why you should read it, too -- regardless of your politics.

A guest article for The Barn's Rooster Revue newsletter exploring the partnership of Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda - the power couple behind so many French movie musicals - and the influence they had on each other's work.