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I Am the Purely Expository Character in a Hollywood Movie

My place is ever to the left of the protagonist, always feigning varietals of worry or concern, my weapon the wooden, knowing glance…

Oct 6, 2019

I Am the Purely Expository Character in a Hollywood Movie

Oct 6, 2019

Tom Stern
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Memoir Mixtapes

Tom Recommends: “Andrew In Drag” by The Magnetic Fields

In case you’ve never tried it, writing is really fucking hard!

Aug 12, 2019

Tom Recommends: “Andrew In Drag” by The Magnetic Fields

Aug 12, 2019

Tom Stern
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Memoir Mixtapes

Tom Recommends: “The Twenty-Second Century” by Say Hi

Eric Elbogen writes songs that sound like my childhood Nintendo was surreptitiously recording fleeting but formative moments throughout my…

Sep 13, 2018

Tom Recommends: “The Twenty-Second Century” by Say Hi

Sep 13, 2018

Tom Stern
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Memoir Mixtapes

Tom Recommends: “Gangs in the Garden” by Black Moth Super Rainbow

My last four internet searches were: Clayton Plaza Hotel, Baby Jessica, antiquated intercom systems, and etymology of bae. If this…

Jul 23, 2018

Tom Recommends: “Gangs in the Garden” by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Jul 23, 2018

Tom Stern
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Memoir Mixtapes

Tom Recommends: “Black Cab” by Jens Lekman

“This guy is crazy,” my friend declared as he turned up the volume on the first Jens Lekman song I ever heard. The song was Black Cab and I…

Jun 8, 2018

Tom Recommends: “Black Cab” by Jens Lekman

Jun 8, 2018

Tom Stern
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Memoir Mixtapes

Tom Recommends: “Please Don’t Bother Me Anymore” by Shin Joong Hyun

When I was 10 years old, David Seidenfeld’s mother made us peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while we played. Upon a grainy, slightly…

May 21, 2018

Tom Recommends: “Please Don’t Bother Me Anymore” by Shin Joong Hyun

May 21, 2018

Tom Stern

Tom Stern

Author of novels My Vanishing Twin and Sutterfeld, You Are Not A Hero. Words in McSweeney’s, LA Review of Books, Memoir Mixtapes… https://tomsternwrites.net/

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