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17 February, 2026

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

17 Feb 2026 — 7 min read
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17 February, 2026
"The zodiacal light: Observed February 20, 1876" E.L. Trouvelot. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 - 1882. (Public domain.)

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26 April 2026

26 April 2026

I took a break from letter-writing for the last month—postcards, too—to absorb some life events/changes. The changes are still unfolding (when do they stop?) and so I’m mostly just trying to stay present in this liminal space. Letting go of regrets about past losses, visualizing a

By Alexis Smith 26 Apr 2026
ephemera #2: Wormholes

ephemera #2: Wormholes

lock-1 By Alexis Smith 15 Mar 2026
ephemera #1: to americans, to make much of time

ephemera #1: to americans, to make much of time

This post was written while we all watched and rewatched videos circulating of a beautiful queer poet & mom being executed by ICE in her Minneapolis neighborhood, in front of her wife and neighbors. For those of you who watched the BLM protests, and the Gaza protests, and thought: that’

By Alexis Smith 17 Jan 2026
20 December 2025

20 December 2025

Dear Friends, Solstice greetings! Thank you for the many lovely responses to my first letter. I’m extremely behind in my correspondence! I’m blaming my admin job, where I’ve been sending emails to film festival entrants, et al, for hours at a time, since the end of November.

By Alexis Smith 20 Dec 2025
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letters & ephemera from the author of GLACIERS