well, actually

gift guide: things that look like other things, 2025 edition

Monday reading #50

Dec 8 • jacqui shine

6

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The soul superstar you've never heard of

Monday reading #49

Dec 1 • jacqui shine

4

November 2025

Francis Gooding on South Africa's anti-apartheid jazz musicians

Monday reading #48

Nov 24 • jacqui shine

10

1

July 2025

The misadventure of Disney's America

My guest appearance on Vox's "Today, Explained"

Jul 3 • jacqui shine

6

1

2

June 2025

Arthur Russell's "This Is How We Walk on the Moon" three ways

Monday reading #47

Jun 2 • jacqui shine

7

May 2025

It's lilac season!

Monday reading #47

May 14 • jacqui shine

22

2

5

March 2025

some things are on fire, some have already burned

these are metaphors and they aren't

Mar 14 • jacqui shine

44

3

4

Zoë Keating’s loops and rhythms

Monday Reading #46

Mar 7 • jacqui shine

14

1

1

The black dog

On (my) depression

Mar 5 • jacqui shine

87

12

6

December 2024

The business of ghostwriting

New work from me in The Wall Street Journal

Dec 17, 2024 • jacqui shine

33

4

2

I think about this a lot: An old West Wing Christmas episode

Yo-Yo Ma and PTSD and me

Dec 11, 2024 • jacqui shine

61

8

2

The internet's weird appliance guy

Monday reading #45

Dec 9, 2024 • jacqui shine

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