Personal Essays

Pretty girls and accessories to the crime

on “Drive My Car,” translations, and violence that transforms us + new short story publication

Apr 27 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

On getting worse as a writer

Thoughts and fears from the process of writing an essay collection

Oct 18, 2025 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

Ethan Hawke could fix me

On “First Reformed,” capitalism, despair, and being un/underemployed for one year

Sep 30, 2025 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

The dream girl is waking

A personal essay for my birthday on growing older, staying in bad relationships, and wanting to be wanted

Apr 15, 2025 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

Learning how to fall behind

The archetype of the unhealthy artist has become a shield for capitalism’s grind culture

Feb 15, 2025 • Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

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