Abject Lessons

On The Calculation Of Volume

The appeal of living in the eternal present

Sep 4 • 

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November 2024

Strange Light

Last week I met my friend in town late afternoon, just before sunset, and we took the tram back to my house together.

Nov 9, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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September 2024

The Substance & Ageing

MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE SUBSTANCE!

Sep 25, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Lifting Weights

This week I was reading Bodies of Work, a collection of essays by Kathy Acker themed on, as you might imagine, the body in art.

Aug 19, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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July 2024

Kinds of Kindness

SPOILER ALERT!

Jul 15, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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Interval Training

Anna used to be a runner but now she only swam.

Jul 2, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Follicular Phase

I messaged a friend this morning saying, Even though I feel a baseline thrum of deep melancholy, loss and abstract longing, I’m feeling full of beans…

Jun 25, 2024 • 

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Black Hole

The month I turned forty-four my parents moved to California.

Jun 9, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Remake / Remodel: Identity, Motherhood and Music

Becoming a mother remakes you in ways you cannot begin to conceive of in advance.

May 29, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Chaotic Neutral

I went to visit my sister yesterday, and her beautiful newborn baby girl.

Apr 9, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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March 2024

Tutoring & Mentoring

I am an experienced tutor, currently working as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Mar 20, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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Nun Story

I was last night talking about the book Cloistered by the amazingly named Catherine Coldstream, a memoir about her years as a nun, and it made me think…

Mar 6, 2024 • 

Lara Williams

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