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December 1, 2021 ~ For Benito
December 1, 2021 ~ For Benito
The other week, one of my best friends suggested I check out your book Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City. I bought the book…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 2, 2021
December 2, 2021 ~ For A.B.
December 2, 2021 ~ For A.B.
Tonight, I was thinking about who to write to. This exercise is a bit of a chore, sometimes. But I was scrolling through my phone, saw…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 2, 2021
December 3, 2021 ~ For the Cerulean Sky
December 3, 2021 ~ For the Cerulean Sky
I love you.
Dorothy Santos
Dec 3, 2021
December 4, 2021 ~ For my Future Child
December 4, 2021 ~ For my Future Child
Dear El,
Dorothy Santos
Dec 4, 2021
December 5, 2021 ~ For Carmen
December 5, 2021 ~ For Carmen
I’m sitting hear listening to the podcast Dear Sugars, but also thinking about your short story Mothers from your book Her Body and Other…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 5, 2021
December 6, 2021 ~ For my Heart
December 6, 2021 ~ For my Heart
Today, one of my students shared a work titled, “Love Letter to my Heart” and I wanted to weep. She created the piece when she was going…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 6, 2021
December 7, 2021 ~ For Reviewer 2
December 7, 2021 ~ For Reviewer 2
I’m not exactly sure what was happening the day you reviewed my work, but you didn’t have to say it was nonsensical and didn’t belong in…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 7, 2021
December 8, 2021 ~ For Stephanie
December 8, 2021 ~ For Stephanie
It was really great to hear your voice after all of these years. Unless I’m mistaken or my memory fails me, it’s been about 25 years since…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 8, 2021
December 9, 2021 ~ For Andrew
December 9, 2021 ~ For Andrew
One of my committee members suggested I take a look at your work. I just finished reading the introduction to your book Unprepared. She…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 9, 2021
December 10, 2021 ~ For Katherine
December 10, 2021 ~ For Katherine
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 10, 2021
December 11, 2021 ~ For Billie
December 11, 2021 ~ For Billie
“And nothing hurts when I’m alone” — Billie Eilish, excerpt from her song Hostage
Dorothy Santos
Dec 12, 2021
December 12, 2021 ~ For Grace
December 12, 2021 ~ For Grace
I don’t know how you did it, honestly. I was read Claire L. Evans’s book Broadband and reading about your life. I mean, you strike me as…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 12, 2021
December 13, 2021 ~ For Brené
December 13, 2021 ~ For Brené
My career or business coach sent me a link to a conversation you had with Chase Jarvis a few years ago. Apparently, he thought it might be…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 13, 2021
December 14, 2021 ~ For Bessel
December 14, 2021 ~ For Bessel
TW: sexual abuse, assault
Dorothy Santos
Dec 14, 2021
December 15, 2021 ~ For bell
December 15, 2021 ~ For bell
I have no words. My heart sank when I found out you passed away today. It’s unreal, honestly. I remember meeting you in 2015. I’ve shared…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 15, 2021
December 16, 2021 ~ For Suse
December 16, 2021 ~ For Suse
I can’t believe I only discovered your work Dark Elegy now. I was thumbing through my copy of Brené Brown’s latest book Atlas of the Heart…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 17, 2021
December 17, 2021 ~ For Jenn
December 17, 2021 ~ For Jenn
The last time I saw you was in Barron’s illustration class. I was intimated to take a class with him because, to me, he was one of the…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 17, 2021
December 18, 2021 ~ For Raymond
December 18, 2021 ~ For Raymond
It’s late on a Saturday evening and I’m barely working on my missive. I found out that you passed away when I got curious and looked up…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 19, 2021
December 19, 2021 ~ For Janet
December 19, 2021 ~ For Janet
It’s been a few weeks, but I taught your work to my students this past semester. In particular, I showed them the video documentation for…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 19, 2021
December 20, 2021 ~ For Nik
December 20, 2021 ~ For Nik
You have been on my mind lately and I think it’s because I keep thinking about your MFA thesis work when you were at UC Santa Cruz. I can’t…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 20, 2021
December 21, 2021 ~ For Naomi
December 21, 2021 ~ For Naomi
It was lovely to receive your Winter Solstice newsletter. It reminded me to take it easy to tonight and make certain to reflect on the…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 21, 2021
December 22, 2021 ~ For Alex
December 22, 2021 ~ For Alex
It feels like a blip in time when I saw you last. It felt so good to see you after all this time. I believe you’re in Europe at the moment…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 22, 2021
December 23, 2021 ~ For Josef
December 23, 2021 ~ For Josef
Your Yuzu Citrus milk chocolate bar helped get me through tough times this month. Sigh. I still have no idea who sent it to me. But…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 23, 2021
December 24, 2021 ~ For Charles
December 24, 2021 ~ For Charles
Years ago, well, around 2015, I was awarded an artist residency and I thought I would create a game. I ended up creating a zine that was a…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 24, 2021
December 25, 2021 ~ For James S.
December 25, 2021 ~ For James S.
I woke up feeling melancholy. When you were alive, you said to not mourn you, but I still do. It’s true what they say about “not a day goes…
Dorothy Santos
Dec 25, 2021
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