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The Margin
Personal, precise, and unafraid. Essays written from the margins of culture, identity, and the examined life.
The Margin Essays
Personal, precise, and unafraid. Essays written from the margins of culture, identity, and the examined life.
What I Learnt from Getting Chiang Mai Completely Wrong
Chiang Mai travel was not what I thought it would be. And I had been in Thailand long enough to think I…
Read essay →What Living in London Actually Feels Like. Nobody Warned Me.
London arrived in summer and it did not apologise for itself. Everything was alive and loud and slightly too much. The streets…
Read essay →What Thailand Quietly Teaches You When You Finally Stop Being a Tourist
Everyone you speak to in Thailand seems genuinely delighted to see you. Cheerful. Warm. Excited. The smile arrives before the conversation does.…
Read essay →Thailand Travel Tips That Nobody Writes About but Everyone Needs
Thailand travel tips that actually matter are not the ones in the guidebooks. Not the ATM fees. Not the fruit boxes. Not…
Read essay →What I Learnt from a Grab Driver in Bangkok
Bangkok night does not ease you in gently. It arrives all at once. The expressway from the airport is elevated, so you…
Read essay →Fujifilm Instax Mini Review: Beautiful Camera, Terrible Odds
The Fujifilm Instax Mini does something in the first thirty seconds that almost nothing does anymore. It makes you feel something before…
Read essay →After Twenty Years by O. Henry: The Promise Both of Them Kept
After Twenty Years by O. Henry is told in less than a thousand words. It contains three scenes, two twists, one note,…
Read essay →A Horse and Two Goats by Rk Narayan: The Funniest Sad Story Ever Written
A Horse and Two Goats by RK Narayan is the only story on this list that will make you laugh. It will…
Read essay →The 5 Best AI Chatbots for Building a Website for Free
Building a website with AI is now something any person can do in a single afternoon, with zero coding knowledge and nothing…
Read essay →What I Learnt from a Support Dog in Scotland
What I learnt from Louie, a missing dog in Scotland, I only understood when three strangers walked out of the dark toward…
Read essay →Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore: The Story About Two Fathers and One Lost Daughter
Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore begins with a little girl who cannot stop talking. Mini is five years old. She has been talking…
Read essay →What I Learnt from a Teenage Boat Skipper in Montenegro
What I learnt from a Teenager with a boat in Montenegro is something that might come as a huge shock to a…
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