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Caught in the Lucid Hour
six nights, six blooms, six poems
Sep 16
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Anqi Cao
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August 2024
Coming Home to Myself - Chapter 1
"It's okay, ah, it's okay." I murmured through gritted teeth—a mantra, reliably as ever, for the girl I was ten years ago in this same hometown…
Aug 29
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Anqi Cao
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June 2024
Two Types of Drifting
San Francisco's open secret is that it shelters those who don't quite belong anywhere. But there are two kinds. By day, the streets bustle with people…
Jun 7
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Anqi Cao
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May 2024
"I Like You the Best"
It was said with the ease and simplicity of someone commenting on today’s weather—an observation made in passing that didn’t seem to even necessitate a…
May 3
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Anqi Cao
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April 2024
On a winter's night, in the blind massage parlor
A combination of memoir and poetic prose, this piece weaves together intimate glimpses into the complexity of the human condition and connections formed…
Apr 10
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Anqi Cao
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February 2024
In the Tesseract of Ours: Love, Death, and 'Interstellar'
A personal exploration of love, loss, memory and passage of time, echoing Christopher Nolan's cosmic reverberations in "Interstellar". It begins…
Feb 20
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Anqi Cao
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In the Tesseract of Ours: Love, Death, and 'Interstellar'
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Pick Rachel, Not Julie - content we’ll sorely need that LLMs can't replace
You know that episode in "Friends" where Ross can't decide between two women, Rachel and Julie? He makes a list—Rachel's all cons: she's spoiled…
Feb 12
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Anqi Cao
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Pick Rachel, Not Julie - content we’ll sorely need that LLMs can't replace
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How to be "based" in the influencer economy
The allure of 'being based' consists in its intentional inappropriateness, a deliberate breaking of character. It appeals to an emotional core unbridled…
Feb 3
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Anqi Cao
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How to be "based" in the influencer economy
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January 2024
Between Hustle and Hoot: How I Found My 'Yugen' in SF’s Heartbeat
In the heart of San Francisco, where I've made a temporary home, I noticed a pulse that seems to run on, what I've come to joke with friends, a new…
Jan 29
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Anqi Cao
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