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Socialize like it will all come crashing down
Play is connection without expectation, a self-rolling wheel.
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Letters to Strangers: To the elderly restaurant owner on my flight to Hong Kong—
Apr 23, 2024 • Angela Cao
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In defense of impractical expression
Mar 17 • Angela Cao
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I Eat the Most Chinese Food in Italy
Jul 23, 2023 • Angela Cao
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Time from the Hindsight is a Stretchy Thing
Aug 31, 2023 • Angela Cao
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On bonfires
Argentinian festivals, Chinese funerals
Jun 2 • 
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In defense of impractical expression
Digitally-mediated conveniences make it easier to eschew community; AI-generated content lacks the effort that defines creative work.
Mar 17 • 
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My Top 3 Books of 2024
Whether real or imagined, stringing cords between chance events is fun; patterns project intention and meaning to pure whimsy (how I actually decide…
Dec 31, 2024 • 
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Letters to Strangers: To the daughter of a family-owned café in São Jorge —
March 18, 2023: São Jorge Island
Nov 24, 2024 • 
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Letters to Strangers: To the Lower East Side septuagenarian of many stories —
May 24, 2024: New York City
Jul 14, 2024 • 
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Letters to Strangers: To the elderly restaurant owner on my flight to Hong Kong—
April 6, 2023: Hong Kong
Apr 23, 2024 • 
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My Top 5 Books of 2023
Another year-end means taking a hard look at my reading journey; it means noticing how books have become both checkpoints and time capsules.
Dec 29, 2023 • 
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Letters to Strangers: To the Chinese-Italian store owner on Viale Bligny —
December 21, 2021: Milan, Italy
Nov 30, 2023 • 
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Letters to Strangers: To the tour guide who brought us to the Cliffs of Moher —
September 26, 2021: Ireland
Nov 9, 2023 • 
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