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MY SATURDAY RUBRICS at SES/SUMS IT UP celebrate three special women on their birthdays. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 11/8/25
Happy Birthday to Rickie Lee Jones and Two Other Special Women
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-11825-135?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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My latest LETTER FROM LONDON has now posted at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write this week about the American elections, Diane Ladd, the RSC production of Macbeth in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Cecil Beaton show at the National Portrait Gallery, and Mississippi. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 11/7/25
Becomes Mostly a Missive from Mississippi
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-london-11725-ff4?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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My TUESDAY WELL'D weekly gallery at SES/SUMS IT UP is now up. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 11/4/25
The "Charms" of Stratford-upon-Avon, Giving Myself a Hand for Getting There, and Going Over Some Other Photos from October
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-11425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 days ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRIC are up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 11/1/25
SOME NOTABLE BRITISH WOMEN AS I NOTE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-11125-1a0?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 days ago
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My TUESDAY WELL’D photo gallery of London replete with captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/28/25
A POTPOURRI OF PHOTOS FROM LONDON
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-102825?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
13 days ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This weekend they are about musical mentors. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/25/25
MUSICAL MENTORS
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-102525?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
16 days ago
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My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/24/25
ONE LIVE HORSE, ONE DEAD FOX, FIVE DANCING CHICKENS, SIX LOVELY LADIES, HOW I LOST 29 POUNDS, AND REMEMBERING SAMANTHA EGGAR
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-london-102425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
17 days ago
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My TUESDAY WELL’D is up on yet another Wednesday at SES/SUMS IT UP. My schedule has been so jam packed day and night with cultural outings the last week that it has been hard to carve out the writing time. This week the gallery is all about trees.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/21/25
BRITISH TREES
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-102125?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
19 days ago
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Check out my Saturday Rubrics at SES/SUMS IT UP. They honor Diane Keaton this weekend.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/18/25
Diane Keaton - "Please Stand a Little Closer Apart."
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-101825?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
23 days ago
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My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about some new movies I’ve seen at the London Film Festival this week and some plays I’ve seen and running into Jennifer Coolidge and the Kerry James Marshall show at the Royal Academy of Art. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/17/25
PATTI SMITH, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JENNIFER COOLIDGE, KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ, PRINCE HAMLET, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, MARTIN SHERMAN, ETHAN HAWKE, & "LORD HAVE MERCY"
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-london-101725?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
24 days ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL’D is up and a day late. But it’s up. It’s busy here in London. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/14/25
REFLECTIONS RE: PARIS & LONDON & BATH
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-101425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS ITUP. They are alll about busts.
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SATURDAY RUBICS: 10/11/25
BUSTING THROUGH
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubics-101125?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest LETTER FROM LONDON is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about ballet and opera and theater and light and shadow and liberty and joy. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: 10/9/25
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON LIGHT AND SHADOW AND LIBERTY AND JOY
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-london-10925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. My first week in London.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 10/7/25
A Gallery of London
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-10725?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest SATURDAY RUBRICS in now up. I honor Julie Andrews and Jane Goodall. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 10/4/25
Julie and Jane
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-10425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest LETTER - this one from Paris and London - at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM PARIS & LONDON: 10/2/25
From the Palais Garnier to a Couple of Vics
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-paris-and-london-10225?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL'D gallery is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/30/25
Paris One Last Time Until Next Spring
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-93025?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/27/25
STRAVINKSY
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-92725?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about running into Mitt Romney in the Marais. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/25/25
1627, CA5067, C1705, CB9471, and RUNNING INTO MITT ROMNEY IN THE MARAIS
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-paris-92525?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of narrated images is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/23/25
Another Narrated Gallery from Paris
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-92325?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I remember Redford. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/20/25
REDFORD
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-92025?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about pilgrimages and Mississippi and America and art and Yeats and Faulkner and Joyce and Jimmy Kimmel. Check it out. Thank you to those who are subscribers. To those who aren’t yet, please consider joining us.
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LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/18/25
THE ME THAT'S NOT ME, or HOW THE UNFAMILIAR HAS BECOME WHAT'S FAMILIAR INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-paris-91825?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and captions from Paris is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/16/25
"Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?" - Mary Oliver
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-91625?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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A special edition of SATURDAY RUBRICS today is in honor of my late friend, Gerry.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/13/25
GERRY
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-91325?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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My LETTER FROM PARIS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about music and fashion and Charlie Kirk. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM PARIS: 9/11/25
HOW FASHION SHAPE SHIFTS, MUSIC MATTERS, & FASCISM STIRS ITS UNDYING EMBERS UNTIL A MOMENT - CHARLIE KIRK'S "MARTYRDOM" FROM HIS HAVING EMBODIED IT - MAKES IT THE FIRE THIS TIME
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-paris-91125?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Mostly of Paris. A couple from Tangier. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/9/25
AND YET ... (A CURATED GALLERY FROM PARIS WITH A COUPLE OF IMAGES FROM MY LAST EVENING AND MORNING IN TANGIER)
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-9925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I arrived in Paris from Tangier yesterday so this one has a French twist to it. Check it out
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 9/6/25
Dietrich, Piaf, Cocteau, and a Couple of Others
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-9625?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My last LETTER FROM TANGIER this summer in now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 9/4/25
A RUMINATION ON FAREWELL - AND LIGHT AND CALLS TO PRAYER AND STRAY CATS AND BEES AND ORPHANS AND ARAPAHOS AND STRADDLING THE EVERYTHING-CONNECTS DIVIDE
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-9425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My last TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and captions from Tangier is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Next Tuesday the gallery will be of images of Paris where I will be living for the month of September. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 9/2/25
MY FINAL GALLERY FROM TANGIER IN 2025/NEXT TUESDAY: PARIS
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-9225?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. They are subtitled this week “Ends of Augusts.” Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 8/30/25
ENDS OF AUGUSTS
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-83025?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. I write about Matisse and God and some other stuff. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER : 8/28/25
This-But-That ... The Everything that Connects
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-82825?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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Love this. And love Marcia Wallace.
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In London, She Became Musical Theater Royalty. Now She’s Back on Broadway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/theater/marisha-wallace-cabaret-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.0zI3.G86I4Us71GQf&smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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My latest TUESDAY WELL'D is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. It is my weekly gallery of images and with captioned narratives from Tangier. Check it out. This is one is wild ride but rather a wondrous one. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 8/26/25
A "Msh"mash
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-82625?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 8/23/25
SELF-PORTRAITURE
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-82325?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 8/21/25
FIFTY YEARS ON: SELFIES, INCONGRUITIES, SONTAG, LUDLAM, LIBRARIES, NEIGHBORS, & HOW BROKENNESS LINGERS SO HEALING CAN TOO
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-82125?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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Johnny and Maureen and me. Hanging in Tangier on Revolution Day here.
3 months ago
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@polgreen.bsky.social
weighs in at The New York Times op-ed page.
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Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/israel-al-sharif-killing-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.0TtV.T20BXkjgUNCA&smid=bs-share
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The weekly curated gallery of photos from wherever I am in the world - now Tangier - is up under its title TUESDAY WELL’D at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 8/19/25
THIS WEEK'S GALLERY OF PHOTOS FROM TANGIER
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-81925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. This weekend I highlight the photography of Albert Watson. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 8/16/25
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALBERT WATSON
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-81625?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 8/14/25
I AM WHO I AM WITHOUT ASKING WHO I AM
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-81425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My TUESDAY WELL’D gallery of photos and their captions is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 8/12/25
A TANGIER GALLERY
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-81225?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up - a day late. I explain why in the column. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 8/9/25
JONI, JOAN, & TYLER
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-8925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 7/7/25
AS THE PARADE PASSES BY: AM I BROKEN OR DO I STILL JUST CAST MYSELF THAT WAY?
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-7725?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My Tuesday gallery of photos from Tangier is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 8/5/25
THIS WEEK'S CURATED PHOTOS FROM TANGIER
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-8525?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 8/2/25
Mr. Wilson
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-8225?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is all about service and an orphanage where I spent some time this week. And Matthew Barney. Check it out. Thanks.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 7/31/25
SADDLED OR SADDLING UP: WHEN SERVICE BECOMES A TACTIC AND THUS A QUANDARY
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-73125?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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A new weekly series at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out to read the explanation, and view it.
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TUESDAY WELL'D: 7/29/25
THIS WEEK'S FIVE PHOTOS FROM .... TANGIER
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/tuesday-welld-72925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 7/26/25
OBAMA & OTHERS: THEIR FLEDGLING YEARS AT HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-72625?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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My latest LETTER FROM TANGIER is now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check it out. I write about otherness and art and Mohammed V and The Cherry Orchard and Barry Diller’s book.
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LETTER FROM TANGIER: 7/24/25
VILLA MABROUKA, THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP, ANOTHER MOHAMMED, A FEW MORE CHERRIES FROM THAT ORCHARD, and BARRY DILLER'S BOOK
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/letter-from-tangier-72425?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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My SATURDAY RUBRICS are now up at SES/SUMS IT UP. Check them out. Thanks.
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SATURDAY RUBRICS: 7/19/25
GEORGE, GEORGE, GEORGE (and GEORGE)
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinsessums/p/saturday-rubrics-71925?r=7j6ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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