words from eliza

I know no better

Here’s a confidence exercise I thought of the other day: when walking on the street, wave through the café window at a stranger.

Jan 19 • eliza mclamb

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The space you leave behind

They should invent a way to text your ex-boyfriend “I’m pretty sure I had a spiritually significant dream about you” that doesn’t read as “I want you…

Jan 11 • eliza mclamb

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December 2025

Take advantage of the archetypes

lessons learned from the year

Dec 29, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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My 2025 Reading Wrapped

observations about every book I read this year

Dec 8, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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November 2025

MedSpa

The last time I took a Xanax was in Los Angeles.

Nov 10, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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RR #2: Babushka autumn

october recommendation roundup

Nov 2, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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October 2025

Direct address

to my audience

Oct 30, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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September 2025

Stuff I think you would like

recommendation roundup #1

Sep 23, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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Easiest thing

you do not have to be good. but you should probably try

Sep 16, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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August 2025

The one about the phones

on david foster wallace and algorithmic-friendly anti-algorithm content

Aug 29, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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And sometimes there'll be sorrow

Recently, I was at a party where someone asked me what my “mom deal” was as an icebreaker.

Aug 5, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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July 2025

Good Story

announcing my sophomore record

Jul 16, 2025 • eliza mclamb

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