Word of the Day
Travail (n., truh-VALE)
Hard work, especially agonizing work. Sometimes refers to childbirth, but is usually used in hifalutin literature, which is the most travailing place that ever could travail.
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Everything Changes - Advice illustrated by Meera Lee Patel
The excellent newsletter from The Awl "Everything Changes" ended its run last week after three years. "Everything Changes" was somewhat of a web 1.0 throwback. It wasn't just the writing but the way it engaged with readers, the way it got people working with each other on projects. We've got a number of good examples of this queued up this week. Today, we start with reader-submitted advice that artist Meera Lee Patel illustrated. Here's a sampling:
You can check out all the illustrated advice here and find the link to all the reader-submitted advice too.
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