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This is a newsletter by Ingrid Burrington. Every Sunday, you get a collection of the best sentences I've come across all week. That's pretty much the whole idea. Pay what you want, if you can—this newsletter is not exactly part of my work hustle, but the distraction of financial anxiety does often contribute to my own sentences being merely pretty good rather than perfect.
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Perfect Sentences, 188
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Published: August 2, 2026 13:14
Hello to the new subscribers who recently joined because of Robin, whose continued championing of this newsletter is very appreciated. I want computer to work on hair. Andrés Cuervo giving a talk at Brooklyn Web Workers There are no sex scenes, and all…
Perfect Sentences, 187
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Published: July 26, 2026 13:36
A correction: last week I got Alex Sujong Laughlin's name wrong. Many regrets for the error. A baby, absolutely shellacked with drool, tried to befriend the puppet. "Getting Off With the Luddites", Sarah Thankam Mathews for n+1 Mita submitted this from…
Perfect Sentences, 186
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Published: July 19, 2026 13:58
Thanks to submitters for carrying this week's entry, it has been a very distracted week for me. Raising awareness is the donor-facing euphemism for freaking out as many people as possible without affecting material conditions. "Dodging evitable futures,…
Perfect Sentences, 185
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Published: July 12, 2026 13:36
Perfect Sentences, 184
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Published: July 5, 2026 12:28
It is summer in America and everyone is pushing the limit on how long the forces at work that are bigger than us can be ignored. "It’s Only An Island If You Look At It From The Water", Elizabeth Cantwell for Bright Wall/Dark Room Operating 24 hours a day,…
Perfect Sentences, 183
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Published: June 28, 2026 13:31
Please killer whales, save the day with murder Rubalee, book by Javier Antonio González It probably helps to know this sentence was sung, not spoken. Theo and I saw a workshop production of the first act of this musical back in 2023 at the recommendation…
Perfect Sentences, 182
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Published: June 21, 2026 13:00
Apologies for the light self-promotion: back in 2016 I published a book with Melville House about internet infrastructure in New York City. The book went out of print, I got the rights back earlier this year, and I'm self-publishing a revised edition for…
Perfect Sentences, 181
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Published: June 14, 2026 12:01
Build a house from sticks and mud / listen to the poison singing in your blood This Year: 365 Songs Annotated, John Darnielle It's pretty funny that the best summary of the John Darnielle theory of songwriting (not to mention best summary of the unique…
Perfect Sentences, 180
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Published: June 7, 2026 12:23
The town that hosts the world’s largest convenience store smells like ass. "Leave it to Beaver", Forrest Wilder for The Baffler this man had the pleasure of nothing, besides his own importance Melissa Gira Grant on Bluesky State capacity is not so…
Perfect Sentences, 179
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Published: May 31, 2026 13:10
There was a big jump in subscribers over the past week, I think because Daniel Pink highlighted Perfect Sentences in his newsletter. Hello new readers, hope you have a nice time and thanks Daniel Pink, who I've never met and I didn't know was a subscriber.…