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2 women,
1 friendship,
2 letters per week


An exploration of writing, conversation, collaboration, and curation.

Rog & Shinch a creative space for two

Nov 27
Nov 27 Week 113: Chapped Cheeks & Body Budgets

Eva Rogers

On Thanksgiving letters, the ostrich approach, and the time to start something

Nov 20
Nov 20 Week 112: Ongoingness & Smallness

Sarah Pearson

ON THE PERVERSION OF IDEAS, PLAYING DEAD, AND THE WORLD AS NOT YOUR OYSTER

Nov 13
Nov 13 Week 111: Lifted Weight & Overwork

Sarah Pearson

ON MAKING THINGS HARD WHEN THEY COULD BE EASY AND KNOWING WHEN TO WALK AWAY

Nov 6
Nov 6 Week 110: Burned Out & Fever Pitch

Eva Rogers

On destabilizing truths, what makes us thrum, and being there (or not) when it’s called

Oct 30
Oct 30 Week 109: Judgment & Social Instincts

Sarah Pearson

ON SHAMELESS GRANDMOTHERS, JUDGING A STORY, AND POSITIVELY TINGLING WITH EXCITEMENT

Oct 23
Oct 23 Week 108: Bad at Words & First Drafts

Eva Rogers

On Superstar week, stories like stories, and record-breaking snow

Oct 16
Oct 16 Week 107: Help & Heuristics

Sarah Pearson

ON HOSTILE GESTURES, WHAT WE COUNT AS REWARDABLE TASKS, AND LIGHTENING THE COGNITIVE LOAD

Oct 9
Oct 9 Week 106: Note-Taking & Pace-Setting

Eva Rogers

On leaving breadcrumb paths, understanding our mysterious brains, and other kinds of work

Oct 2
Oct 2 Week 105: Bookmarks & In-Your-Face-Ness

Sarah Pearson

ON NOURISHING THE HUNGER TO BE SEEN, WRINGING OUT THE RAG, AND THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF DOING

Sep 25
Sep 25 Week 104: Fact-Checking & Open Loops

Eva Rogers

On aged shopping carts, debates in person and on the page, and topics not yet broached

Sep 18
Sep 18 Week 103: Twists & Turns

Sarah Pearson

ON OPENING NEW IDEA-ROOMS, HEARING FAMILIAR VOICES, AND MOURNING A LEGEND

Sep 11
Sep 11 Week 102: Home & Away

Sarah Pearson

ON WRITING ABOUT WRITING, SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE, AND THE MANY SIDES OF WORDS

Sep 4
Sep 4 Week 101: On The Road & In The Frame

Eva Rogers

On three humans chirping, building muscles for working incrementally, and more about-ness

Aug 28
Aug 28 Week 100: Publics & Process

Sarah Pearson

ON PERFORMING A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT, CAPTURING A FRIENDSHIP, AND HOW THE BEST TIME IS ALWAYS NOW

Aug 21
Aug 21 Week 99: Rollercoasters & Ephemera Machines

Eva Rogers

On leaders with plans and compassion, pandemic peace and privacy, and sentences that keep their shape

Aug 14
Aug 14 Week 98: Peace & Quiescence

Sarah Pearson

ON TIME OUTSIDE OF CAPITALISM, LECTURING IN OUR DREAMS, AND A WEEK WITH A LITTLE VARIETY

Aug 7
Aug 7 Week 97: Rigor & Rude Bodies

Eva Rogers

On the release of bodily fluids, contemplating distillation, and believing our voices have value

Jul 31
Jul 31 Week 96: Underselling & Over-Editing

Sarah Pearson

ON THE LABELS WE LIVE UP TO, AND THE MENUS UPON WHICH WE DROOL

Jul 24
Jul 24 Week 95: Squawking & Screeching

Eva Rogers

On sleeping better, inviting creativity, and the summer choruses of the fauna

Jul 17
Jul 17 Week 94: Fatigue & Compression

Sarah Pearson

ON PREDICTABILITY, PAUSES, AND BEING INTERVIEWED BY KRISTA TIPPETT

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Rog & Shinch are a pair of ponderers testing a new way of communicating online. Rather than writing to everyone / no one, they are writing to each other — one letter each week— mass communication medium be damned. Feel free to peek in.

 

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