Featured essay · 6 min read
Why We Keep Returning to Stories We Already Know
A first piece for My Take — about rereading, memory, and the strange way stories change as we do.
Explore writingIssue 01 · September 2026
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Stories & Ideas
Longer thoughtsFeatured · 6 min
Why We Keep Returning to Stories We Already Know
On rereading, memory and how the reader changes.
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Things I Haven't Figured Out
Questions worth leaving open for a little longer.
Coming soon →Draft #003
From the Notebook
Loose observations, sentences and ideas collected along the way.
Coming soon →Notes
Little thingsNote #001
Things I Think About While Reading
A place for short thoughts, fragments and literary rabbit holes.
Coming soon →Note #002
On Underlining Books
Why some sentences deserve to be kept.
Coming soon →Note #003
One Question, No Answer Yet
The kind of question worth carrying around.
Coming soon →About My Take
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