Experimental History

Experimental History

I know your secret

11 notes on turning unknowns into knowns

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Adam Mastroianni
Jan 27, 2026
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A few months ago, I got to interview a bunch of bloggers at a writing retreat. I discovered that they all had one thing in common: each one was in possession of a secret.

I don’t mean that they, like, murdered their boyfriend and got away with it, or that they’re sexually attracted to mollusks. I mean that they had all tapped some ve…

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