Hi friends,
In the past month, more than 1,000 new free subscribers have joined this space—welcome! I'm deeply grateful you found your way here.
Since so many of you are new, I want you to know how this newsletter stays accessible: every annual subscription covers two people for the year. You, and someone who can't afford it. (This two-for-one model applies only to annual memberships, not monthly.)
Each essay takes days (sometimes weeks) of research, thinking, writing, and rewriting. I spend hundreds of hours a month on this work, and many thousands of dollars a year to keep it running. The material itself can be emotionally demanding to live inside, but it’s how I make my living, and it's work I care about deeply.
But what I'm most proud of is this: no one who needs access goes without it. That only works because of readers who become annual members.
If you need free access, it's yours.
If you're a student, if you're between jobs, if $67 a year just isn't possible right now, just email me. I'll give you a year free. No questions, no explanations needed.
When you upgrade to annual membership, you become the person making that possible for someone else.
Your $67 doesn't just give you full access to everything I write: the weekly essays, the deep dives, the four-year archive, the off-the-record pieces, the in-person gatherings, and discounts to workshops. It creates a second membership for someone who needs this work but can't afford it.
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Yours in Brooklyn,
Amanda