#47: Take It or Leave It
A weekly drop of things I love
Take It or Leave It is a weekly highlight series for paid subscribers. Pretty much every Friday, I share a quick hit of things I’m loving.
Most of my writing is long-form and requires time for research between essays. Hopefully, this helps fill in the gaps for you with new finds (or things you want to revisit).
If not, all good. Take it or leave it ✌️
As always, let’s start with a few Friday updates!
Feels Like Home reached 1,000 newsletter subscribers. The timing of all this is really wild because it took me almost a year to gain 500 subscribers. In less than five months since then, we doubled that.
It’s easy for numbers to seem flat when typed on a page, but this is about so much more. It’s a testament to my homies. I would’ve never returned to essay writing if I didn’t see my friends start flexing their pens.
Through writing, I discovered there were people who wanted to read my work. They helped give me the confidence to start this newsletter on a whim. I called it Feels Like Home because I wanted to write about the things, people, and moments that felt like home to me. I’ve learned we can meet there together.
Thank you to my people for holding me down. I appreciate how you’ve made time for my words and shared my writing with others. I mean it when I say I don’t know what this newsletter will become, but I’m thankful for everything it is right now and can’t wait to see where we take it next. From the bottom of my heart, thank you 🫂
ICYMI: For my latest newsletter essay, I celebrated 10 years with Elizabeth by writing about how she made me care about a place I had no other ties to. A place I probably wouldn’t care about if we hadn’t met.
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responded to my words, “To be in a place because love has taken you, or given you a reason to stay, is a beautiful thing.”Here’s the link to read or listen to my latest:
You Gave Me Ohio
I knew I’d move here. When I left for Colorado, I understood it was temporary. You had one more year left at school, and there was no question you’d be moving home to Ohio after graduation, which meant I was moving to Ohio. It wasn’t that you hated Colorado; it just wasn’t near your people. It wasn’t near mine either. I’ve never had my f…
I’ve teamed up with some wonderful people to host a writing group called
- a weekly virtual writing session for Black, Indigenous, & Writers of Color and the global majority. We write together every Friday at 9:00AM ET. If you’re looking for some community around writing, please tap in.
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