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May 2026

Trick Rider
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 42: "It was too much, and for only half an hour!"
 • Summer Brennan
The Lovers
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 41: Do the young still know this, about a kiss? Do they know what it can do to you? How it can remain, fixed in time…
 • Summer Brennan
The Duet
The Night Cellist and a friend in the alcoves of the Louvre, Friday afternoon.
 • Summer Brennan
The Undead
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 40: "I wasn’t checking my email because dead people don’t check email. I was dead but I found ways to pass the time."
 • Summer Brennan
The Trio
Outside the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Sunday afternoon.
 • Summer Brennan
The Book Supplement, Vol. 5
Reyna Grande, Anna Badkhen, Eleanor Bruce, Lucilla Gray, Brian Dillon, and Camille de Peretti.
 • Summer Brennan

April 2026

The Madwoman in the Other Apartment
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 39: "I know which one I am, after all—which animal among animals in the glass case behind the windows."
 • Summer Brennan
Not Yet a God of Even the Palest Flowers
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 38: A conversation about the darker side of Mary Oliver, with three poems.
 • Summer Brennan
A Brasserie of Artists
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 37: "Artists and writers need a place to discuss things and sometimes to disagree, and that place probably isn’t social…
 • Summer Brennan
The Book Supplement, Vol. 4
Manil Suri, Dur a Aziz Amna, Angela Pelster, and Anne Enright.
 • Summer Brennan
Night Cellist
Alcove of the Cour Carrée, Musée du Louvre, Thursday night.
 • Summer Brennan
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