Aim for just okay

First, Amil Niazi tells us about her essay for The Cut, “How the Pandemic Made Me Lose My Ambition.”

Then, This Time Tomorrow author Emma Straub talks about writing her most autobiographical novel yet (even though it has time travel in it!) and how she and her dad are both “indoor cats.”

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A NOTE FROM GRETA & ANNA

Hi Nerd! Hope you’re hanging in and taking care. Here are some bright spots from my week that you might like too:

I haven’t made these chewy date and dark chocolate cookies YET, but it is really only a matter of time. And WHAT IS TIME?
Hernan Diaz’s Trust is a many-layered historical fiction onion of a book, and I need you to read it so we can talk about it.
The Wilds is back for Season 2, and I can’t wait to dive in hard.

And here are some things that are making Anna, our producer, happy this week:

I am loving Ogi’s debut EP Monologues — especially the song “Bitter.” Plus, her outfits in the music video are fabulous!
The podcast Being Trans is an honest, loving look at the lives of trans folks. It’s like a reality show without the cameras.
It’s ramp season! Here’s a fun way to eat ramps!

Talk to you next week,