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Q was the question she asked

May 29, 2025

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18 min read

Q was the question she asked

In the mid-1990s, Phuong Anh Nguyen made Q Bar the most important bar in Vietnam—and possibly the world.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
Is reality a rhetorical question?

May 8, 2025

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12 min read

Is reality a rhetorical question?

It takes a leap of faith to connect language and experience—and sometimes we land in the abyss.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
I went to a concert

May 6, 2025

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15 min read

I went to a concert

This musician not only changed my life—she defined it.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
50 years ago, my fate was sealed

Apr 30, 2025

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8 min read

50 years ago, my fate was sealed

How the end of the Vietnam War set the course of my life.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross
All Alone in the Moonlight

Jan 2, 2025

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9 min read

All Alone in the Moonlight

Between the past, the present, and the future, we're all stuck in the dungeon of the memory palace.

Matt Gross
Matt Gross

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