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Late November, Northern Latitude

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Late November, Northern Latitude

By Jeannine Ouellette

Amazing news, friends! Everything is verified and we are ready to open the early-access registration to CRAFT SCHOOL later today!

If you are on the wait list, you’ll receive an email (not from Substack, but from info@craftschool.net), with a payment link offering a 10% discount on the annual tuition. Watch your email and be sure to check promotions and spam, too, since our message will come from an address you haven’t interacted with yet. If you have any questions or believe you were on the waitlist and don’t receive an email by this evening, please reach out to info@craftschool.net and we’ll help you out. What a joy and labor of love it has been to prepare for this, and it will be even more glorious to build this community with you!

And now, a Monday Lit Salon essay, a meditation on the cruel beauty of late November. I hope you enjoy it and I’m so grateful for your presence here, today and always.

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