Freer Form by Shira Erlichman

It’s my birthday...

so let’s talk about death, mental hospitals, and a ‘60s Pop-Art nun

Aug 23 • Shira Erlichman

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July 2026

The heart never loses

Dispatch #60: On Cape Verde's final win (you heard me) and the love that moves mountains

Jul 4 • Shira Erlichman

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June 2026

Meeting Naomi Shihab Nye & the signposts to liberation

Dispatch #59: not to be dramatic but it changed my life

Jun 4 • Shira Erlichman

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May 2026

Texting my friends about their breath

Dispatch #58: Notes after four months of labored breathing

May 13 • Shira Erlichman

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April 2026

Yup, I've also got a *poetry* book coming out!

Dispatch #57: I am mine (I am mine) (I AM MINE!)

Apr 19 • Shira Erlichman

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March 2026

Five ways to draw creativity closer

Dispatch #56: Falling in love with the field

Mar 18 • Shira Erlichman

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Holy cosmic wow, I wrote a novel!

Dispatch #55: An ode to my wife, lesbians, New York, artists, and the great mystery of consciousness

Mar 10 • Shira Erlichman

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February 2026

In what direction does the universe bend?

Dispatch #54: Is the universe ultimately friendly or damning? Is there a moral arc? Does it smile or spit? Are we being called toward good or dragged…

Feb 3 • Shira Erlichman

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January 2026

Resisting the Death Cult

Dispatch #53: An essay in fragments

Jan 16 • Shira Erlichman

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Is "New Year's Energy" a Problem?

Dispatch #52: Let's discuss my favorite holiday

Jan 2 • Shira Erlichman

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December 2025

People are not concepts

Dispatch #51: but a wild landscape of needs, wants, memories, and dreams

Dec 13, 2025 • Shira Erlichman

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November 2025

Spitting out the Buddha's teeth

Dispatch #50: The call to expand our perception

Nov 6, 2025 • Shira Erlichman

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