Archive - The Half Filip

Forpus Misti and kasama

My spiraling sense of home

May 22 •

Annabelle Tometich

March 2025

Quitting Amazon, winning the Southern Book Prize

These things are unrelated. I think.

Mar 27 •

Annabelle Tometich

January 2025

How to comport oneself on social media

And why is it weirdly exhausting

Jan 31 •

Annabelle Tometich

December 2024

9 Things That Got Me Through 2024

Oh lord, it's a listicle.

Dec 5, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

November 2024

What's the opposite of xenophobia?

Plus a maniacal leap to book news, because why the hell not

Nov 7, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

October 2024

Roiling with the punches

And happy 6-month birthday to "The Mango Tree"

Oct 4, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

August 2024

Mango season keeps going

There won't always be one more mango. But, for now, there is. Plus Cherry Bombes, DC and dwelling in Orlando.

Aug 15, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

July 2024

Dear Pete Wells, post-critic life can be amazing

From one former restaurant critic to another, commiseration and a little advice

Jul 25, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

June 2024

You can be a Florida magnet, too

Be a magnet. Eat mangoes at night. TMT as NPR's BOTD!

Jun 13, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

May 2024

Flavortown's Minister of Mangoes

Dear Guy Fieri, I respectfully submit this as my application to your Flavortown Cabinet.

May 31, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

Sandwiched vol. 2: It's complicated

There are many stupid things about this Substack series.

May 16, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

April 2024

I am on book tour, and my mother is dying

Both of these things are existing at the same time.

Apr 27, 2024 •

Annabelle Tometich

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