59. Little Deaths/Delights

I love meeting people, and this is me meeting you!

I know, this isn’t up on a Sunday like it’s supposed to, but I would have to say Monday is a much better choice moving forward! As my first Death/Delight, I’m asking you to be gentle, and I’m so excited to slowly charm my way into your brains. Think of this as a love note to start your work week with calm excitement, here are my LDLDs <3

Little Deaths

• The sauna that is the subway platforms

• Soggy broccoli

• Hinge matches taking a week to respond to a message (booooo)

• The death of Nicolandria </3

Little Delights

• Having kind conversations with strangers about their passions

• Having two different people introduce me to the card game, idiot

• Being given “afterwards” by Robert Booras at the Hot Literati Happy Hour by Robert himself

From the Hot Literati Universe

Catch up

• I downloaded Hinge, met God (& a really hot comedian)

• Amtrak fixed my Existential Crisis

• Women in Dostoevsky’s Work

This week

• Art Wh*re is a new column where we highlight cool/up and coming artists to watch

• Reality TV vs. Stanford Prison Experiment Video Essay by Alyssa and me

• IRL Hot Literati Challenge

• A Hello Intern post from Alyssa and me, so you guys get to know us better! There’s a very exciting playlist waiting for you guys.

• Essay Competition opening Friday, for paid subscribers only, to submit their best essay for our topic of the month, What is art in the 21st century? The winner will have their piece shared on the Hot Literati substack!

• Dating Like Dostoevsky is a super insightful dating guide for modern romance online that you have to get your hands on. As a special treat, use the code “BOOKCLUB” for $5

• Join Book Club! Starting next week, we’ll be reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

You'll be hearing from me again soon, try to act surprised!

yours with love,

Kaday