Archive - Dear Reader

Of Jill Ciment's Consent, Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro

Towards the end of her extraordinary memoir Consent, Jill Ciment writes about how her husband of 45 years, Arnold Mesches, responded to the news that he…

Jul 16 •

June 2024

Until August + All Fours + more

Gasp! The newsletter lives!

Jun 3 •

March 2024

Reading 400 Pages in a Day?

Dictionary of Lost Words • A Master of Djinn • Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions

Mar 17 •

February 2024

Happy Saraswati Valentine Day

Hello from an understudy to the goddess of procrastination.

Feb 14 •

December 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

and happy new year

Dec 22, 2023 •

November 2023

Of Stories, Memories and Escape

I’ve been thinking about stories a lot these past few months.

Nov 15, 2023 •

October 2023

September in October

What kind of a person sets out to find romance and instead chooses murder?

Oct 1, 2023 •

August 2023

Zen + The Lost Pianos of Siberia + King Kong Theory

Last week, a colleague asked me whether a certain feature is available on Substack “since you use it”.

Aug 27, 2023 •

June 2023

Yellowface and more

You know what’s most amusing about R.F.

Jun 11, 2023 •

May 2023

Old Babes in the Wood + Turn Every Page + More

I have friends coming over in about an hour, which you’d think is an indication that this is the wrong time to start writing — especially since this is…

May 7, 2023 •

December 2022

The Last Newsletter (of 2022)

Favouritest books, K-dramas and podcasts

Dec 31, 2022 •

November 2022

The Old Woman With the Knife + After Sappho + more

Earlier this month — it’s still November when I’m typing this.

Nov 30, 2022 •

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