Welcome to another issue of Open Tabs, where I share the media I’ve been consuming recently, and links for your enjoyment!
I took an unplanned hiatus from Substack the last couple of months. I’ve felt overwhelmed, busy, and uninspired. Generally, I am short on words recently, and especially these last few weeks. So I’ll simply share my list of things to read/consume without comment, and I hope you’ll find something to read or listen to here.
I want to end the year on a better note in terms of reading and writing, so let’s see how this goes.
Reading
On Learning to Write Again by Adania Shibli — European Review of Books
Fariha Roisin’s newsletter, and especially her recent posts on Israel and Palestine.
Upstate by Emma cline — The New Yorker
The View from my Window in Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha — The New Yorker
The Witching Hour column at Off Assignment
Watching
The Love Witch (2016)
Interview with a Vampire (AMC series)
Get Out (2017)
Listening
Playlists: Dinner-makin Music / Sunday Morning / All the Omens Spoke of Change
Loving the new albums from Mistki, Metric, and Olivia Rodrigo!
Doppelgangers with Naomi Klein — Literary Friction podcast
BookTube, BookTok, Wattpad, & the Audible Creation Exchange — The American Vandal podcast
After a very long hiatus, my fave book podcast (Better Read than Dead) has finally released new episodes.
This is Palestine podcast
Dance of the Dead — Throughline podcast
Books on my Radar
Daughter by Claudia Dey
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
With Bloom Upon Them and Also with Blood by Justin Phillip Reed
Survival Takes a Wild Imagination by Fariha Roisin
Private Rites by Julia Armfield (publishes in 2024)
Other
Free ebooks, reading lists, & resources on Palestine from Verso
Free ebooks on Palestine from Haymarket Books
Resources to demand a ceasefire (USA)
Palestine Digital Action Toolkit from the Palestinian Feminist Collective
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