Loré Yessuff
Loré Yessuff is a writer based in New York City. Her poetry and prose have been featured in Voicemail Poems, the New York Times, Vox, American Chordata, and other publications. She writes a casual newsletter about meaning, culture, and modern life: poembutter.substack.com.
Giada Scodellaro’s story starts with the gaze, awkward and self-conscious, panning the subjects and their contours. First the legs, then their fingernails, then their bare feet. Always at a distance, the gaze hones its focus with equal amounts of judgment and curiosity, though nothing is ever concluded.
Throughout the story, Savaş strings together daily rituals, random observations, and philosophical musings, revealing how the quiet frictions and splendors of the everyday mold the kind of life one makes for themselves.
In Sheila Heti’s most recent book, Alphabetical Diaries, recurring feelings rule the page. From romantic hang-ups and desire to anxiety and ennui, the writer’s curated diaries articulate daily life’s ordinary and routine melodramas.
