Jordan Wood

Jordan Wood

Syracuse, NY
Jan
29
January 29: He left his mortality back on the bench

January 29: He left his mortality back on the bench

Big news. Sports are good. I mean there are things about sports that are good. Of course, there are things
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Jan
22
January 22: Comprehensive identity dogmas

January 22: Comprehensive identity dogmas

We are all of us always becoming something else, whether we want to be or not. Better, I think, to see where our own changing affections might take us than to hold out, rigid and eroded, against our own possibilities.
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Jan
15
January 15: Well I'm not moving to f****** Seattle

January 15: Well I'm not moving to f****** Seattle

At the heart of most good things lies a tiny kernel that, if heated to just the wrong temperature, if
7 min read
Jan
08
January 8: You have been okay and you will be okay again

January 8: You have been okay and you will be okay again

We looked forward at we didn't know what, but we knew we weren't looking at what we'd left behind, and in that way we carried each other forward.
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Dec
27
2021: The Albums

2021: The Albums

I’m excited to present this final end of the year list from The Crossover Appeal - the 25 best albums of the year.
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Dec
18
Year's End: 100 Songs

Year's End: 100 Songs

Here it is. The Crossover Appeal's one hundred favorite tracks in 2021.
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Dec
11
Year's End: The Recs

Year's End: The Recommendations

December, week two, it's time for another year end review. This time I wanted to highlight my ten favorite recommendations from 2021.
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Dec
04
Year's End: The Writing

Year's End: The Writing

Here are my Five Favorite Essays from The Crossover Appeal this year, presented in perfect tear-and-share format, perfect for passing around at your leisure.
5 min read
Nov
27
Gratitude and What's Ahead

Gratitude and What's Ahead

Hello all. Two quick things in place of a full suite of recommendations this week. First: Gratitude. This little newsletter
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Nov
23
The Cross Section: Noah Gundersen

The Cross Section: Noah Gundersen

It's a deep catalog of songs from a long, rambling career, and with his recent release of A Pillar of Salt, now's as good a time as any to get to know Noah Gundersen.
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