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A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

Clara is an American suffagist who signs onto an expedition to the Antarctic to prove women can do just as well as men.

2024

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ILLUMINATION

5 Things I’m Doing Differently for My Next Book Project

From drafting to marketing, this project will be different

Jun 1, 2024

pencil sharpener and pencil lying on an open lined notebook. The pencil looks like it’s just been sharpened; there are shavings next to it.

Jun 1, 2024

I Have an Obsession with the Postal Service

Loose thoughts on why I love it so much.

May 19, 2024

antique letters showing finnish stamps

May 19, 2024

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Human Parts

How to Grieve

Some lessons from a Facebook post

May 2, 2023

sunset by the seaside. the light is tangerine and grey. on the left is the ocean, gentle lapping waves. a narrow stretch of dark beach follows to the right, and the, a stretch of beachgrass, light orange and black in the shadows.

May 2, 2023

L.A. Times Festival of Books Roundup

Tips from writers in young adult, memoir, and satire

Apr 27, 2023

L.A. Times Festival of Books Roundup

Apr 27, 2023

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Better Humans

Find Your Own Flavor of Activism

I’m a reluctant activist. Here’s how I found something that works for me.

Mar 14, 2023

Find Your Own Flavor of Activism

Mar 14, 2023

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ZORA

The Gilmore Girls’ Inclusivity Problem

It’s okay to love a thing. It’s better to love it when you see all its flaws.

Jan 29, 2023

An image of the characters Rory Gilmore and her mother, Lorelai Gilmore, from the show “Gilmore Girls.” They are both white women with longish brown hair and blue eyes. Rory on the left is wearing a red coat and her hair pulled back from her forehead. Lorelai is wearing a camel coat and a necklace and has her hair swept back. They are smiling at something to the left off-camera.

Jan 29, 2023

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Better Humans

Five Tips for Landing a Book Deal

From micro-press to Big Five, there are more similarities than you think

Nov 21, 2022

Tabletop with a pair of hands writing in a notebook, a laptop, a few polaroids, a pair of eyeglasses, a stack of books, and a cup of coffee all artfully arranged. no workspace ever looked like this, but whatever.

Nov 21, 2022

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Human Parts

How to Pull Off a Personal Annual Review

A no-fuss, intuitive way to take stock and map your priorities

Nov 9, 2022

shadow of a hand holding up a sparkler against a dark grey or indigo sky

Nov 9, 2022

Say This, Not That.

Sometimes, we say things that are hurtful. Here’s what to say instead.

Jun 10, 2022

Say This, Not That.

Jun 10, 2022

Friendship on the Playing Field

“Meeting someone where they are” isn’t just a buzzphrase

May 6, 2022

Video-game avatars of Courtney and Yi Shun standing in front of a futuristic-looking machine in a field of grass with a road behind them. There is a grey lurking building in the far background and the sky is threatening.

May 6, 2022

Yi Shun Lai

Yi Shun Lai

1.96K Followers

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Author: A SUFFRAGISTS’S GUIDE TO THE ANTARCTIC (2024), Pin Ups (2020). Former columnist, The Writer. theGooddirt.org Psst: Say “yeeshun.” You can do it!

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