five little details I love about the physical book, 'A Physical Education'🎀
Also: The very first excerpt, published by The Cut, and tomorrow is the big day!
'Help!: My winter bulk worked'
On mean clothes, and cutting without tracking.
on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺
Plus: "I was not good at sports because I would not do sports"; one man's "before" and "after" broke the internet; LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER A PHYSICAL EDUCATION! This is Link Letter 160!
How to break in a new book
Give a much-needed massage to old books, new books, long books, short books, hardcovers, paperbacks, and they will thank you.
It's not a marathon or a sprint. It's strength training.
A motivational pep talk for these unprecedented times.
The physical education of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia was crossing up fools on the basketball court, plus: a full-on mobility program; how brain-muscle crosstalk delays ageing; "I wish someone would have a competition for Mrs. Nothing!" This is Link Letter 158.
'The Zen of Sports' in The Artist's Way
That's right: The Artist's Way endorses a little physical activity. Plus: the 'cereal mullet'; a citizen's guide to resistance; consider a second MMR shot. This is Link Letter 157.
'Help! I started to lift, gained ten pounds, and it's making me spiral tbh'
'How can I learn to be content in my body being stronger and healthier, but not as small as I'd like it to be/have been conditioned to want it to be?'
'Natty or not?' or not (I choose 'not')
The futility of a constant debate about an extreme minority of people, plus: time to move beyond this protein rule; fat doesn't deserve its bad rap; powerlifting made me a better writer. This is Link Letter 156!
