Archive - The Demoread

250629 | Excerpts from Madeleine Thien’s novel, ‘The Book of Records’

Jun 29 •

emperor, take a hike

250608 | Readings on clear thinking to combat tyranny, and a poem on fire

Jun 8 •

May 2025

May 19 •

250511 | The roseyard, the wet berry, the blackbird in wind.

May 12 •

the darkest night

250504 | Hawks, sidewalks, and hotdogs with candy inside.

May 4 •

April 2025

240427 | Parent-teacher interviews, a neighbour’s lament, and one teen boy's search history.

Apr 27 •

grey socks with blue and yellow

(ink and dye cotton, China, 2025)

Apr 20

Apr 20 •

Apr 14 •

March 2025

they are not your enemy

7 Statements I Hold At Present to Be True

Mar 24 •

February 2025

the girl with the flaxen hair

250216 | practice

Feb 17 •

53:12

January 2025

250119 | Essay season, teenage dirtbags, and what is and is not Beethoven.

Jan 19 •

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