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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


Find Yourself Online (stop looking)
I tried to make my first Youtube video around 10. It was a hair tutorial that my sweet, archival father definitely still has tucked away...
Hailo
Aug 7, 2024


One Bar, 3 Dates
The Mulberry in Nolita, 3 times over I never know if I’m addictive, or if I like routine, or if the answer is somewhere in between. It’s...
Hailo
Jul 31, 2024


Next Book Club Picks
and other news Hello and good evening. I am still addicted to the sunset. I feel like I'm perpetually in search of an iced coffee I've...
Hailo
Jul 16, 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


(re)Cognition Summer Syllabus
The following are books and readings that I think really capture and tackle and confront some of the social, philosophical, and societal...
Hailo
Jul 13, 2024


Hungover Musings, Summer Flings
26. Little Deaths/Delights For better or worse, or better and worse, life always feels like some sort of dream to me. This comes up a lot...
Hailo
Jul 7, 2024


The World has its own Music
and God, his own schedule Music has sounded so wonderful lately, because I have been listening to less. I've been watching the sunset in...
Hailo
Jul 1, 2024


Intern Week, Actually good NYC Vespers, Dating Column Meta Commentary
25. Little Deaths/Delights LITTLE DEATHS ♡ing being alone𓇢𓆸perhaps it's a defense mechanism When a date is too impressed by taste𓇢𓆸I...
Hailo
Jun 23, 2024


The People According to Hot Literati #1
We’re walking the streets of the Lower East Side trying to find willing participants to entertain us in our game.
HOT LITERATI
Jun 21, 2024


Rules for (re)Cognition Summer
Writing this on two hours of sleep, a biscoff cookie, and an 8 pm cup of coffee, but I know you all love an arbitrary seasonal set of...
Hailo
Jun 21, 2024




Are you Verified?
Mr. Chalamet (yes, he's back...) was telling me about "Tinder in real life" the other day -- a video series in which one guest "swipes"...
Hailo
Jun 14, 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


5 Dates, One Week (Again)
Hi Literatis. I hope you all have had a wonderful week and weekend. I have had what I like to call a "memory-dense" one. I started using...
Hailo
Jun 9, 2024


On the Importance of Digital Boundaries
Welcome to (re)Cognition Summer, with Hot Literati. Let's get your mind back, baby. Unless you're new here, you know I think about the...
Hailo
Jun 6, 2024


A Summer Manifesto
Hi all <3 I'm writing to you from my neighborhood restaurant. I used to come in here a couple of times a week. They noticed when I...
Hailo
Jun 1, 2024


Me & Mr. Chalamet
My love life was more fun when you all had opinions :)
Hailo
May 10, 2024


Net Neutral on Wes Anderson
On Friday, I stayed in. Got a text from someone who had “wanted to see me,” but I don’t even know if I “wanted to see them.”
Hailo
May 6, 2024
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