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My year in books and links, 2022
No. 22: Pointing your way... 15 books I loved reading this year, my favourite links I shared, a fun little game in the footer and more
October 2022
Fuck Around and Find Out
No. 21: Pointing your way... two flash-fictions, a new episode of The Alt-Right Playbook and a surprise for Whovians in the footer
September 2022
Why Even Bother?
No. 20: Pointing your way... why I write, shareworthy links and a surprise in the footer
Celebrating one year of newslettering
No. 19: Pointing your way... my recent reads, Smiling Friends, Pingu Random House and more
August 2022
Today I reach my 26-year breathing streak
No. 18: Pointing your way... the progress you can't see, a Gen Z rewriting of Harry Potter, my favourite TikTok and more
Redirecting my creative energy
No. 17: Pointing your way... why we need to talk about the politics of desire, absurd trolley problems, old Hollywood bloopers and more
June 2022
Embracing obscurity
No. 16: Pointing your way... an update from me, advice for uninspired writers, my favourite 2Pac song and more
Rebuild Your Life Month
No. 15: Pointing your way: an AI art generator, why grading is a scam, the Notorious B.I.G.'s creative process and more
May 2022
10 newsletters I recommend
A bonus issue featuring great reads you can get delivered straight to your inbox
To make good stuff, you need to make bad stuff
No. 14: Pointing your way: books I've read in 2022, an animated poem, an interactive rush-story and more
Check out my new look
No. 13: Embracing my full self with a new format, including an excerpt from my journal
April 2022
How Jenny Tinghui Zhang fell back in love with writing
#12: Featuring how writing about trauma is an act of subversion, how the cry-laugh emoji has become a right-wing emoji, newsletter & YouTube…
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