Ingrid Burrington @ingrid@everything.happens.horse

part of the problem is that my expectations of my future in academia are so fucking low that it feels very "to what end" to even bother with getting journal articles published, like basically I have to do this for love of the game and the game sucks

got back peer reviews on what I knew was a sloppy journal article submission and mostly feeling like "yeah, fair" but also ugh, revisions

https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-182/ this week in sentences: feathers, misbegotten, Burma, lifetime, wonderful, narcotic, textural, off-brand, bilge, peeled

i think about this one a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HttPrN3v1go

my midlife crisis project is a collection of covers of only Mountain Goats songs that mention vampires

https://networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/networks-of-new-york-2026-edition ending the week with nearly 250 pre-orders which feels pretty terrific!

Almost 200 pre-orders for Networks of New York 2026 edition so far, very exciting

been dealing in the background with some health stuff for about a month and am really really tired of being told to wait and see/it's mostly stress/come back when I'm worse, I just want to not have low level background discomfort and pain guys

Update that if you're outside the USA and the shipping cost is too insane (tariffs, baby!!) DM me and I'll send you a discount code, sorry I didn't realize how totally insane those would be oof

https://networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/networks-of-new-york-2026-edition here we gooooooo pre-orders are live for Networks of New York 2026 edition

Launching pre-orders for Networks of New York 2026 tomorrow and I am nervous!!

https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-181/ this week in sentences: poison, storage, tones, discography, malpractice, ragdoll, nonchalantly, insects, labyrinth, flashmob, steams

Another one, I think this is getting closer? For reference the book will be pocket size, 4x6in

more iterating on the Networks of New York 2026 cover

https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-180/ this week in sentences: convenience, pleasure, capacity, little friends, living, substrate, pie, mosaic, cities, audio, shattered

https://urbanomnibus.net/2026/06/tide-and-current/ new piece I commissioned for Urban Omnibus just dropped, it's an interview with Marie Lorenz reflecting on 21 years of running an art project taking people around the NYC harbor in a rowboat and what you learn about the city by doing that

is this anything

feel like a bit of a dork for redesigning Networks of New York just going hard on Futura for typography but as far as field guide graphic design goes is there really a more iconic option

Last week my mom texted me and my sister to let us know she has cancer and it's probably the shock of it not sinking in yet but I'm still kind of stuck on "was text the best way to convey this" more than the ramifications and logistics of taking care of her through chemo

https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-179/ this week in sentences: stepsons, crocodile, lyric, lies, nostalgia, enemy, ouroboros, midsentence, microplastic