Hitting The Links: 5/18/25
This one’s got a ton of links, wedding pix, aporia and wound-it-forward, my longest run in 3+ years, moral ambition & (in)effective altruism, some Rilke, Barthes & Herzog, and more
Air Mail
New podcast with Peter Kuper, a productive transatlantic flight, new Instax & art, and more
Hitting The Links: 5/11/25
Lots of links, transcendence with Anselm Kiefer in Amsterdam, a run over The Swan, and maybe my last newsletter
Rotterdammerung
New episode with Vauhini Vara, new Instax pix, my biz-trip to Rotterdam, and flowers, bridges, self-loathing and a naked coffee machine
Hitting The Links: 5/4/25
Plenty of links, a visit to Joe Coleman's Carnival, maybe a new guest, more running, and BIRDY SIDE-EYE
Du mußt dein Leben ändern
A new podcast with Craig Thompson, a new translation of Rilke, some new Instax, and more
Hitting The Links: 4/27/25
Remembering Barry Malzberg, + a ton of links, Birdy on a cliff, my favorite Lucian Freud model, a Dior & I moment, what it's like to be a Photoshop doc, & more
Don't Look Back
A new show with Ari Richter, the tumult of my overnight trip to Boston/Burlington, some new Instax, I make for a pretty zombie-self, and more!
Hitting The Links: 4/20/25
Lots of links, finding art in a parking garage or two, new podcasts, the disease of writing, no-quit running, the seven faces of John O'Clocks, and more fragments of my dis-integrated self.
The Bird a Nest, the Spider a Web
This one's got TWO new podcasts, a busy day, an Instax rethink, the revised title of my book, & more
Hitting The Links: 4/13/25
Plenty of links to check out, + a new monologue, my Beckettian dad, the tease of running a marathon, BIRDY, & more!
Shadow Boxing
No new podcast, but yes new Pynchon novel, plus reflections at a cataract surgery, Experimental Humanities, & more!
Hitting The Links: 4/6/25
We've got lots of links, plus a missing podcast, some Heavy Work on my book, an orthogonal view of the world, some gorgeous BIRDY, and more
Technical Difficulties
A new podcast with Peter Trachtenberg, day-job issues that will affect all of you, some nice views, and the cage is a chair. It all makes sense in my head.
Hitting The Links: 3/30/25
This one's got a LOT of links, a listener's praise, my niece's wedding, the hyperactivity of Hans-Ulrich Obrist, why I keep doing this, Birdy on patrol, how to look good with a crappy head/chest cold, and more
Opening Day
This one's got a new podcast with David Shields, thoughts on Opening Day and old friends, a chatty Lyft, an Instax & some art
Hitting The Links: 3/23/25
This one's got lots of links, + My Trouble With Doors, more travel, a new mantra, where I put my keys, and more.
A Brand-New Life
You cannot start a brand-new life while participating in your own destruction
Hitting The Links: 3/16/25
We’ve got a ton of links, Charles Crumb’s Our Town moment, what we can love, my busy week, questions about Captain Ultra, and BIRDY! squinting for the camera
Hey Nineteen
This one's got a new ep. w/Elon Green, a bronze anniversary, an impulse book, a self-portrait, One More Goddamned writing project, & more