Aya Fujino
-
The essay that changed how I keep notebooks
It argued for shorter entries and longer gaps. Twenty years of half-filled books suddenly made sense. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.
-
Old books, second hands: notes from an estate sale
A household library, boxed and priced by the inch. I bought a stranger’s complete shelf for the cost of lunch, and the margins ask questions. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.
-
On being the last person to read a book
A library stamp from 1994, no renewals since. Somebody has to be the most recent reader; this time it was me. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.
-
The letter I did not send, filed properly
Drafts are a genre. Keeping the unsent with the correspondence makes the whole archive more honest. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.
-
Sunday reading: one chair, two hours
The ritual is the point — same chair, same pot, different book. The week organizes itself around it. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.
-
What the commonplace book is for
Quotations, grocery lists, one perfect sentence from a bus window. The mixture is the method. Written in ink, revised in spirit — comments are welcome. Have you tried it yourself? Tell me in the comments — I read everything.