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Why Can't I just Journal Like Everyone Else
Hi all! Popping in because I have a new obsession/narrative intrigue. I've been journaling a ton lately because life has honestly been...
hailo
Aug 12, 2024


Love in Philly
As I mentioned in Sunday's Little Deaths and Little Delights, I visited Philly to see my friends Nina and Drew and to attend the...
Victoria
Aug 8, 2024


Hot Literati has a new Babysitter
Little Deaths/Little Delights, Dinner with Ex, Aging, and Free Shots Happy Sunday. I bought paper towels from one grocery store and left...
HOT LITERATI
Jul 14, 2024


S.1 Ep 6. The (Black, lesbian) woman's problem
I want to know what Hella’s room looks like. Is it small and caving like Giovanni’s? Forgettable and impersonal like David’s? I have a...
Victoria
Jul 5, 2024


Hot75: (re)Cognition Summer Edition
Everything about life is sticky and tactile. Anything you brush against even slightly has a high chance of clinging to you. Sometimes we...
nwakaego
Jul 3, 2024


Intern, Writer (?)
I think my initiation into being a Hot Literati Intern was the mysterious book launch party Bella Ve wrote about. The party was a sea of...
Aileen
Jun 28, 2024


rip grimes, you would've loved grimes
My brilliant, tik-tok literate 14 year old sister had to explain this phrase to me. Every person under 25 riding in my minivan for the...
Masha
Jun 27, 2024


Influencers, we're Going Down (Singing)
Last night, I was a plus one to the most fascinating event. These things are more fun as a plus one. Just ask my friend, Griffin, who was...
hailo
Jun 12, 2024


I know a story about a Rose
I know a story about a Rose. If you don’t think I could talk about a single flower, you are wrong. She would wish for a rose, from anyone...
HaileyCognetti
Jun 8, 2024


Reading Books at Book Launch Parties: a Very New York Story
“New York is a small town,” my Uncle Lenny was constantly telling me growing up. New York is, obviously, the most populous city in the...
Bella Ve
Jun 7, 2024


Hot Literati @ the Threshold
When I moved to L.A. three months ago to finish out my senior year of college...
Ananya
Apr 30, 2024


Launching Books and the Influencerfication of Art
Bella's reflections on an influencer event at a big 5 publisher.
Bella Ve
Apr 24, 2024


S.1 EP. 4: Sex Doll
This week I reflect on a year-old video project of mine, Sex Doll and it's implications of my internalized racism and insecurities.
Victoria
Apr 22, 2024


IT’S SO EASY TO EMBARRASS YOURSELF
Obscurity is a skill I’ve learned to both master and abuse in my time as a writer. It was born out of antipathy, necessity, chagrin.
Mar
Mar 28, 2024


Nice Movies to watch with your Brother
We have the Oscars at home... does the Academy even tear up??
HOT LITERATI
Mar 18, 2024


Hot Literati @ Blake Parker's President's Day Concert
I, Hailo, got on the J with my friend, comedian, and fellow retired beauty queen Victoria Chuah. The conductor announced that the doors...
hailo
Feb 20, 2024




Tile Bar Voyeur
A quick note from Hailo: When I first met HaileyCognetti (using her full name for distinction), I could immediately sense that she was...
HaileyCognetti
Feb 16, 2024
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