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Tend the flames of your creative spirit
Aug 9 • River Selby (they/them)
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Liminal AF
Upcoming events and notes on treading water
Sep 25 • River Selby (they/them)
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She Spat On Me
On Being Homeless and the "problem" of unhoused people
Sep 13 • River Selby (they/them)
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Is Hotshot Alive in the World?
My first live interview, a podcast, and an essay! (so, yes!)
Sep 10 • River Selby (they/them)
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Our Good Season is Your Catastrophe
Read an excerpt from Hotshot: A Life On Fire
Sep 8 • River Selby (they/them)
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She Spat On Me
On Being Homeless and the "problem" of unhoused people
Sep 13 • River Selby (they/them)
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Wide-Eyed and Unknowing
When We Take the Leap(s)
May 27 • River Selby (they/them)
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Fifteen Years Without my Mother
Reflecting on surviving parental suicide and a book that helped me make it through
May 12 • River Selby (they/them)
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Jo Ann Beard's "The Fourth State of Matter"
THE INTERIOR GAZE: WEEK TWO. Plus: Join us tomorrow for a writing salon and reading discussion!
Oct 20, 2024 • River Selby (they/them)
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The Perpetual Relevance of Sontag's "In Plato's Cave"
Applying her theories to the social media landscape.
Oct 5, 2024 • River Selby (they/them)
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Hurricanes and Turnaround Times
Plus: The Interior Gaze starts next Tuesday!
Oct 1, 2024 • River Selby (they/them)
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The Recovering Academic
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Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe
Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe
Jane Ratcliffe
Mystery Cult with Amanda Yates Garcia
Mystery Cult with Amanda Yates Garcia
Amanda Yates Garcia
On the Commons
On the Commons
Antonia Malchik

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