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The World-Altering Joys of Working in a Bookstore

Two men enter the store.

Dec 28, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

November 2025

Another day here in Chicago, another video of people who think they’re above the law and at war with the American people.

Nov 21, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

October 2025

What We Did While Fascists Roamed the Streets

We would wake up and reach for our phones to check our mails, offer codes and subscription notices, and newsletters summarizing the horrors that had…

Oct 28, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

It's a bit of a reach

I just now decided that a useful exercise is to close your eyes and try to inhabit your past self.

Oct 8, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

July 2025

Jul 28, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

I Know Exactly Who I Am

Someone Compelled to Write an Ode to Bluey

Jul 7, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

June 2025

An Alternative to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Allow me to present:

Jun 23, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

May 2025

We're not invisible inside our cars

May 30, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

Write Club: Showers

Write Club is a Chicago-based event where writers are pitted against each other (it’s friendlier than that sounds) to perform a 7-minute written piece…

May 21, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

Write Club: Spend

In this economy?!?

May 9, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

In the breast pocket of Roberto’s suit jacket, he carries around a little folded up version of himself.

May 4, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

April 2025

Apr 15, 2025 • Adi Alsaid

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