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Lindsey Adler

Lindsey Adler

17 Jun 2025 — 9 min read
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All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass

I moved to New York City in 2014 with only one book: Paper Lion, by George Plimpton. All of my other books were left behind in San Francisco. I was shipping my belongings cross-country and had reduced them to fit just three large boxes and a big suitcase. That copy

By Lindsey Adler 28 Aug 2025
Materialist

Materialist

Next week I am doing one of the bravest things a person can do: I am moving from one apartment to another. This is an objectively positive decision in my life. My monthly rent obligations will be slashed. I’ll live somewhere that is a better social fit for me.

By Lindsey Adler 21 Aug 2025
Capacity

Capacity

The weather in Brooklyn has been nice this week. The weather is what you talk about when you don’t know what else to say, right? Many of you pay to read this newsletter, so I want to note that I have been managing some health issues over the last

By Lindsey Adler 16 Aug 2025
The Masterplan

The Masterplan

You know those scenes in movies where there’s a huge sudden explosion and the people on the periphery of it throw their eyes wide as their hair blows from the sudden bubble of energy? That was me, wearing a knockoff 1994-1995 Manchester City jersey, as Liam and Noel Gallagher

lock-1 By Lindsey Adler 24 Jul 2025
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