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Featured Work| All the Times I Cried in Exercise ClassA five-part personal essay series depicting my personal struggle with exercise, trusting my body, and facing fear head-on. Now available to read on The Three Magazine! |
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In 2007 I Was Told a Child Invented a Contraption to Microwave Bacon and Now I Have to Listen to "Vienna" Every Day, Therapeutically | Hott Lettis Substack
"So there I was, staring at this stupid picture in this stupid magazine thinking about how I’m about to graduate from elementary school without a nationally recognized accomplishment because no one had given me access to an industrial manufacturer.
Little did I know, I would soon go on to achieve an array of impressive feats, like hosting a 10th-birthday sleepover that resulted in the entire 5th grade getting lice..."
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Little did I know, I would soon go on to achieve an array of impressive feats, like hosting a 10th-birthday sleepover that resulted in the entire 5th grade getting lice..."
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I Can't Even Believe I'm Not a Ballerina | Hott Lettis Substack"Juilliard has a glass-encased dance studio that juts out over the street. You can see the barre, the wall of floor-to-ceiling mirrors, and even a bit of the Marley floor. I am not joking even a little bit when I say I’ve teared up more than once looking at it from the street, feeling a strong sense of I belong there. To reiterate: I do not like to dance. I don’t even particularly enjoy moving a lot of the time! And yet, I stare up at that studio, up at the Juilliard sign, up at the David H. Koch Theater like a little girl who just got her first pair of pointe shoes."
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Mouthwash for the Brain | Hott Lettis Substack"Downton Abbey begins with the sinking of the Titanic. Actually, it begins with the news of the sinking of the Titanic breaking. Well, a bit after the news breaks, I guess. They knew someone on the boat though, a cousin and/or betrothed! Although, they don’t really care he’s dead. In fact, it’s a huge relief...
...In The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes asks: Why have drama and conflict when you could spend an entire season of television watching a servant with a Brooklyn accent slightly modify the alarm clock?" Read why we need The Gilded Age and Downton Abbey now more than ever! |
I Am a Dainty Little Rings Person Now | McSweeney's |
All the Times I Cried in Exercise Class | The Three Magazine |
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"You can expect to see the impact of this on my personality, effective immediately."
Now available to read on McSweeney's! |
"What I know for sure is there were three good things about that class: it was free, I hypothetically got a workout, and I got out a good cry."
Read the whole series now in The Three Magazine! |