a buddhist making gold bracelets

May 06, 2026

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I’ve got very into wordy rings and bracelets in heavy gold. Aurora Lopez Mejia’s “talismans” in particular. A Buddhist from Guadalajara, she insists on collaborations—you can’t just purchase, I don’t think. You’re supposed to list your “concerns and longings.” Email: auroralmejia@gmail.com to book a consultation. Her instagram is here.
The best review of Ben Lerner’s Transcription was in Artforum of all places. Written by (of all people!) Gemma Sieff, whose debut novel, Dear Charlie, will be published by FSG next year. I read an early draft of the novel. I can’t describe it any other way than the first novel that everyone hopes first novels will be but they just never are. (Maybe because most people are forced to publish them in their twenties.) Speaking of debut novels by Gen X women, The Hill was “superb”—to quote James Wood. Written by Harriet Clark, who must be 46 years old? I like this trend.

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