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Turning 22 in the Pre-Apocalypse

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In which I explain what this is about—Some notes on how I write—The beginning of the end, the end of the beginning By October, I will be 22. 22 is too old, as they say, to pretend you’re young. It’s the end of any “transition year”, and adulthood where I come from is defined as turning 18 anyways. At the same time, I will leave university, having completed a BA in English and a Master’s degree in Digital Humanities in Cambridge. For some more information about the work I’ve done, feel free to check out the rest of my website and Github. A note on process: The title of this series is inspired by this Jacob Geller video. Most of these essays were written during and immediately before a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe festival between the 15th and the 20th of August, 2024, although much of the groundwork was laid in the year before. Due to the constant output of my wrting, I often liberally salvage from unpublished prior works to assemble new ones, this process is at work here. I hoped origi

Turning 22 in the Pre-Apocalypse Turning 22 in the Pre-Apocalypse In which I explain what this is about—Some notes on how I write—The beginning of the end, the end of the beginning By October, I will be 22. 22 is too old, as they say, to pretend you’re young. It’s the end of any “transition year”, and adulthood where I come from is defined as turning 18 anyways. At the same time, I will leave university, having completed a BA in English and a Master’s degree in Digital Humanities in Cambridge. For some more information about the work I’ve done, feel free to check out the rest of my website and

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