17. Little Deaths/Delights
Parents, Belle du Jour, merch for March
LITTLE DEATHS
learning how to see your parents as real people - with their own feelings, pasts, and complexities
Belle du Jour was written as a man - having Madame Bovary flashbacks
dissonance between desire + expectations
LITTLE DELIGHTS
learning how to see your parents as real people - with their own feelings, pasts, and complexities
“An event where i heard patt morrison (L.A. Times legendary journalist) talk abt how stephen hawking flirted w/her - <3 local journalism”
“Dune 2 was dope”
FROM THE HOT LITERATI UNIVERSE
HOT LITERATI STICKER HUNT
I had put two Hot Literati stickers up around Manhattan. I offered, for the first two people to find them and take a photo with/of them, a coffee together and a trip to the bookstore for a curated set of books. They have been found. I will be in touch soon.
I’m toying with the idea of offering consultations + book curtation on a case-by-case basis. If you’re interested, please email hi@hotliterati.com
BOOK CLUB
We’re reading The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir. We’re meeting Wednesday evenings at 8:30 pm ET. We’re on week 3. You could Sign up here, but you may want to wait until the next book.
ASK HOT LITERATI
This week I’ll be answering :
“How to make friends! In your 20s - real, practical advice pls. Also making and maintaining friendships”
“I used to write as a kid. I loved it. Now I am 19 and I want to get started with writing again but anything I write is never good enough for me. I compare and criticize and I am scared of judgement if I go public with what I write. Almost like I am stripped of my dignity.”
This week I’m not answering:
“what do you do when a freak man is just”… but please do finish your question. I need to know how this sentence was supposed to end.
LOVE SEX (&) LITERATURE
New! Sex and Relationships advice from Hot Literati ‘24 writer and family/couples therapist Anderson II.
He’ll be answering:
"If two people have an on and off relationship, and one side is still feeling guilty over behavior over a previous attempt at the relationship, can that get in the way? And if so, in what ways?”
submit a question for Anderson here
BACK MATTER
Ask Hot Literati # 6 - On becoming a more confident writer & studying the Bible
Love (Sex) & Literature - on falling/not falling into a new relationship
Hot Literati @ White Horse Tavern - a date, French Onion Soup, Dylan Thomas
HOT LITERATI MERCH (the 1 of a kind stuff comes w a free book uwu)
the 3 kitchsy tees (would kiss kafka, writers r awful & sexy, and tech consumption in Moderation is sexy) are only available until Tuesday (because tuesday is my least favorite day of the week. )
as always, share some of your death/delights in comments if you want.
have a lovely week,
hailo🌤️