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After █████████: on "Flesh," and not.

After █████████: on "Flesh," and not.

There's something terrible about the way normality asserts itself. About the way that summer insists on happening.  "Flesh" by David Szalay did not grip me for most of it. I did not love it. Part of it may be a resistance to identifying with Istvan, the
Jake Feb 6, 2026
Glug, Glug, Glug

Glug, Glug, Glug

In Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez says “the world is ever so slightly but uncorrectably out of focus, that there are no absolutely precise answers.” In therapy last week, his collection of essays About this Life surfaced in my conscience – in particular, "Learning to See" and "Informed by
Jake Mar 30, 2025
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