Essays and interviews about making books and prints and the infrastructure that supports them.

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Tomorrow or Today is a newsletter for micro-reviews and creative responses to thousands of albums, one calendar year at at time.

Essays, book notes, astronomy photos, publication news, songs I love

Extrications and ecstasies.

Translations of Chinese poetry from the Tang Dynasty

Explaining and appreciating great sentences from books

Hard news and hard poems

The life a novelist/mother in Los Angeles.

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

"Were most of your stars out?"