Archive - Solar Light

Dancer and Gladiator (fiction, 2008)

The first thing I ever got paid to write

Aug 10 •

Lydia Laurenson

Podcast Interview with Pedro Gonzalez

What is our country doing, politically? Who knows.

Aug 3 •

Lydia Laurenson

July 2025

June 2025

My Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Recommendations

Favorite books from my favorite genres

Jun 24 •

Lydia Laurenson

Classic Science Fiction About Pandemics Explores Faith in Both Science and Spirituality (2020)

Connie Willis's SF novel, "Doomsday Book:" A review from the very beginning of covid

Jun 23 •

Lydia Laurenson

The Parable of the Barista

What to do with our material selves

Jun 11 •

Lydia Laurenson

About the Curtis Yarvin "New Yorker" Profile

A statement on my ex-fiancé

Jun 3 •

Lydia Laurenson

"The Reactionary Spirit:" Interview with Zack Beauchamp of Vox

Zack and I discuss reactionary politics, polarization, and hints of cultural transformation

Jun 1 •

Lydia Laurenson

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May 2025

Event Saturday, May 31 - Reactionary Spirit: Chat with Vox's Zack Beauchamp

I got recruited to interview Zack Beauchamp about his new book

May 24 •

Lydia Laurenson

Why I Was Part Of The Neoreactionary or Dissident Right Movement In 2020

And a few things that happened while I was there

May 24 •

Lydia Laurenson

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