The Empty Cup is a weekly-ish newsletter of dispatches on attention, combining long interviews with scholars and activists, such as a conversation with historian Anthony Grafton on the liberal arts, and an Indigenous activist on radical attention, with thematic issues like fashion. Readers get essayistic reflections on how attention, study and care are shaped by culture, politics and history.
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A fortnightly letter of personal essays on attention, creative persistence and the habits behind making things, drawing on the author's own records and on research. Readers get reflective, candid writing about reading, routines and sustaining long projects.
A philosophy newsletter and podcast offering short meditations and conversations on living well within the limits of a finite life, drawing on Stoics, Simone Weil, Dostoevsky and others. Readers get reflective essays, podcast episode notes and a closing question to carry through the day.
A personal newsletter about using paper, ink and bookbinding as tools for reclaiming attention, written from the perspective of a maker with ADHD. Issues mix candid personal essays with practical techniques, such as a downloadable template for handling transitions between appointments.
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