Essays
In Praise of Being Slightly Bored
Boredom is not an emergency. It may be the last undeveloped land in the modern mind.
Senior Writer, Ideas
Clara Voss
Clara writes long essays in short sittings, usually in a library, usually about attention and time.
13 stories
Stories by Clara Voss
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Essays
The Handwritten Letter Is Not Coming Back. It Never Left.
People keep predicting the end of the post. People keep writing to each other anyway.
Essays
What Gardens Teach Us About Waiting
Nothing in a garden can be hurried, which may be precisely what makes it so unsettling in 2026.
Essays
The Strange Comfort of Other People's Routines
Why do millions of us watch strangers making their beds? An answer about loneliness, and hope.
