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Celebrating a Third of a Century in L.A.
Thirty-three years ago today I moved to L.A. I turned 22 on May 22, 1989. The next day, I walked in cap and gown across the stage of Berkeley’s…
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May 24
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Saying “No” to What I Want to Write About - and My Son Wants to be Mexican.
In the late 1990s, I was bitten by the marathoning bug. I was trying to stay sober, which in my case meant both putting down the bottle and staying out…
Hugo Schwyzer
May 19
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Not Civility, but Just Damned Good Luck: on Divorce and Friendship
Last night, Victoria took us out to an elegant dinner at Mozza Osteria, a rightly well-regarded Mid-City Italian restaurant. “Us” included me, my…
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May 17
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Not Civility, but Just Damned Good Luck: on Divorce and Friendship
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We Are All Dumbo
(You know which one you are, right?) In her 2017 debut (and semi-autobiographical) novel The Idiot, Elif Batuman recalls a searing moment from…
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May 9
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A Brain Injury Changes Everything
Monday, February 2, 1987. I was a 19-year-old sophomore at Cal. It was a rainy morning in the Bay Area, and my Converse were soaked by the time I made…
Hugo Schwyzer
Apr 28
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On the Slap
Three stories. ONE It is the spring of 1991, and my first wife, Alyssa, and I are at a picnic with her family. My first wife is Filipina, and she has…
Hugo Schwyzer
Mar 28
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A Season for Sweat and Silence
Two years ago this week, feeling exhausted and dispirited, I announced an indefinite hiatus from Facebook and other social media. (In the late aughts…
Hugo Schwyzer
Jan 25
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A Poem and a Carol
I have suspended all recurring subscriptions for this Substack; no one will be charged going forward. I expect letters to be very infrequent indeed…
Hugo Schwyzer
Dec 21, 2021
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You Don't Get to Go: On the Moral Obligation not to Kill Oneself
As I mentioned in my previous newsletter, I cannot promise regular Substack missives. Those that I do send out will be free to all. Thank you for…
Hugo Schwyzer
Dec 10, 2021
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An Apology to my Patient Readers
This letter is open to everyone, but addressed in particular to my paid subscribers. This is my letter to tell you that I will understand completely if…
Hugo Schwyzer
Dec 4, 2021
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Changing Campus Politics: Why Disgrace Might Be Preferable to Irrelevance
It occurs to me that perhaps I lost my teaching job in the nick of time. I was a white man who taught a very popular Women’s Studies course on a mostly…
Hugo Schwyzer
Dec 2, 2021
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Choices, Consequences, and Chivalry: Thoughts on Abortion
This week, the Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson, the most direct challenge to Roe v Wade we’ve seen in decades. The future…
Hugo Schwyzer
Nov 30, 2021
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Choices, Consequences, and Chivalry: Thoughts on Abortion
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