I was pulled in a lot of directions this year and wrote less than in years past, but a few things came together:
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I’ve been writing and editing — in formal and informal capacities — for most of my…
The very first thing I did in 2016 was fall on my face. Around 5am on January 1, my cat bounded into the room and insisted that it was time for him to go outside. My bed was cozy and I wasn’t at all ready to emerge into the world — the sun hadn’t…
“A distaste for the political dimensions of art, in this time and place, is a dangerous luxury”- Adrienne Rich
“How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?”- Nina Simone
2016 was an incredibly challenging year for me. I returned to school after a year off in order to earn my Bachelor’s Degree. I also managed to learn more about myself and how I handle adversity and setbacks in my life. And, I started my third…
A little over a year ago, I moved from Canada to the US. (My political timing was, uh, impeccable.) The idea was to leave the small, self-congratulatory world of Toronto magazines for the big, self-congratulatory world of New York magazines. Instead, through a series of happy accidents, I…
2016 tricked me into thinking it was going to be a good, productive year. I mainly expected two things: I was going to find permanent housing; our country would have a free and fair election. Welp.
I spent the start of 2016 in a dead-end, permalance position at a mag I love but in a department that was an odd…
My writing output in 2016 was smaller than in 2015, largely because I spent 2015 writing at an unsustainable volume and with far more writing obligations than I had in 2016. I was afraid at first of putting this list together…
