Archive - Ali Millar's 3am things

34/100: Summer Still

Jul 24 •

33/100, The Shutter Snaps a Friendship

After O'Hara, after Proust, after a summer.

Jul 23 •

32/100, This Newness

End of term and the children are a shock. Their long arms and legs such a surprise, I often catch myself wondering which one I’m looking at. Their skin…

Jul 16 •

31/100: I Would Like

I would like to ask you what this leaf is.

Jul 15 •

31/100: Fact or fiction

I guess an even split

Jul 10 •

30/100: An American Trip

six months before the century changed.

Jul 9 •

29/100 Sitting Shiva

how do you mourn a space?

Jul 8 •

June 2024

28/100 - White Rabbits and Frightened Rabbits

Jun 30 •

27/100 What is the Work of the Imagination?

some questions, no answers.

Jun 6 •

Why I Will Not Be Boycotting EIBF

a week of strong feelings and big debates.

Jun 4 •

May 2024

26/100, First Draft and Sore Fingers

I seem to have accidently written the first draft of a fiction manuscript over the last week. This is a slightly disingenuous way to describe what…

May 22 •

25/100, Pop songs and the secret to desire

The thing with desire is it’s a conundrum. You can only want something for as long as you don’t have it. It’s why I write short books without distinct…

May 16 •

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