Dante Ramos
Senior Editor, The Atlantic: Ideas at The Atlantic
Senior editor @TheAtlantic @TheAtlIdeas, part-time Bostonian, urbanist blowhard. Always on the lookout for interesting voices and surprising arguments.
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Jan 28, 2024 |
medium.com | Dante Ramos
Show up to the watering holeSit on its bank, gently lengthen your spineEnsure the rubbery bait you choose is humble and trueCast the line through the columns of sunlight into the dank depthsAnd wait, and wait, and wait in stillness and silenceFinally, something warm-blooded bolts through the waterScales reflect the light, catching your eye. It tugs your lineYou snap into action, winding the rod, yanking it out
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Jan 12, 2024 |
medium.com | Dante Ramos |Mehmet Yildiz
What it was like being a booksellerThere are not many misconceptions about bookselling; it is a simple profession. The monotony of retail against a backdrop of elevator music, with the occasional Taylor Swift thrown in, doesn’t include much complexity. However, the responsibility my fellow booksellers and I had on book buying cannot be understated. Our mission, according to filmed-on-a-potato training guides, was to put the book in the customer’s hand — and that we did.
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Jan 11, 2024 |
medium.com | Dante Ramos
Do you have an artist mindset or a content creator mindset? Through a serendipitous therapy appointment, I’ve realized that I’ve been constantly thinking about whether the “market” would have an affinity for my writing. This is a paralyzing thought because it brings into question everything on the page. Is this good enough? Is this what I really want to say? What will people think about this line or this development?
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Jan 7, 2024 |
medium.com | Dante Ramos
“It usually develops around the age of seven.”At seven, I was bullied for being effeminate and gay. A cacophony; every word, whisper, and weakening knock on the closet door would sound like three. Every word, whisper and weakening knock would sound like three. Word, whisper, knock, sound like three. Two years later, I attempted to absolve myself from reality by diving into literature, devouring nearly every book in my classroom.
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Dec 3, 2023 |
medium.com | Dante Ramos
I visited an exhibit today at the public library with my boyfriend. It cost $2.90 to get to the there (and $2.90 back). I wore my favorite Ralph Lauren brown overcoat. It was mild for a December day. We strolled in and — 500 faces of the incarcerated. Looking toward the prison walls, the exhibit walls. Embalmed onrandom leaves. Plastic sheen. Evergreen. Do not touchThe blue cafeteria tablesBent in a semicircle,Rising out and into the linoleum. Could’ve been me, eating sodden suppers on the small seats.
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