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The Most Interesting Man in Tile Bar
A quick note from Hailo: I knew Anderson was a good fit for Hot Literati this year because of his artistic ego. He knows that he's good....
Anderson
Feb 18, 2024


Indie Sleaze Reprisal
A quick note from Hailo: I met two of the Hot Literati ‘24 writers at a show my mate put on for the debut of their EP. I was a little...
Bella Ve
Feb 11, 2024






I <3 my computer, I don't want (it) to die
Do you think your computer is afraid to die?
hailo
Nov 8, 2023


I don't want to write anymore
Today, I woke up pretty sad. I miss my family so much and the monotony of the real world is beginning to feel suffocating. Especially the...
hailo
Aug 21, 2023


I don't want to write anymore (revisited)
Today, I was walking around with an ice cream cone and listening to music and looking around at people and thinking. Yes, this system...
hailo
Aug 21, 2023


Mr. Vonnegut (& me)
I wasn’t allowed to date until I was sixteen. My parents made that very clear starting very young. You know what they say about forbidden...
hailo
Aug 16, 2023


You shouldn't necessarily be Afraid of Dying
Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. I sat at my desk thinking about the first time I missed my mother’s birthday. I was fourteen. I was...
hailo
Aug 3, 2023


How to Live a Real Life
There’s this study that’s cited in a ton of places — two of which I can remember are the Psychology of your 20s podcast and then Jean...
hailo
Jun 22, 2023


A little Chocolate before the Big Sleep
There’s a part in The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where the protagonist looks in the mirror. Right after he had the opportunity...
hailo
Jun 12, 2023


I went to Church because I am Homesick
I am taking communion for the first time in a while. I walk up to the priest, in his robe, in the chantry. I am handed the wafer. He...
hailo
Jun 6, 2023


Some thoughts before I go to sleep
I posted a little blurb on Kafka and writers and insecurity (and a bad date, but that is an essay on mimetic desire and contemporary...
hailo
May 18, 2023
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