Ali Millar's 3am things

'In the same terrain as Wolfe and Krazsnahorkai', a Scotsman artist to watch. Author of Ava Anna Ada, and The Last Days, here are my thoughts on visual culture, literature and writing. I am sorry this is the inside of my head, mostly at 3am.

Launched 3 years ago

My Kitchen, early in the morning

Becoming Alice, either in wonderland or through the looking glass.

Nov 22, 2023•Ali Millar

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Writing Advice: a short list

It’s highly likely I’m not the sort of person to give anyone any sort of advice although maybe if you’re the sort of person who’s lived more than a…

6 hrs ago•Ali Millar

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beaches and daquiris

a midsummer week

Jun 19•Ali Millar

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What Does A Writer Owe Readers?

Jul 7, 2025•Ali Millar

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Foxes, Gannets, and Burial Grounds

Jun 20, 2023•Ali Millar

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Please can we call time on AI soon

Feb 24•Ali Millar

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My Kitchen, 18.35

Dec 17, 2023•Ali Millar

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Guilty Pleasures

Sep 13, 2025•Ali Millar

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4/100, One Day

Feb 15, 2024•Ali Millar

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a week in June

It was summer until it wasn’t.

Jun 14•Ali Millar

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The girl smiled like a sunrise over a sink

(AI and other assorted things)

May 21•Ali Millar

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gherkins, time and Alice in Wonderland

My daughter is sitting in the bay window on the day bed, she has a small ivory handled cake fork in her hand which she is using to spear gherkins in the…

Apr 24•Ali Millar

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whitebait, panic attacks, pearls and opals

Outside the window, the woman is feeding the seagulls again.

Apr 16•Ali Millar

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Birthday List

things I didn't know a year ago

Apr 6•Ali Millar

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After David Foster Wallace

(with apologies to his big shoes)

Mar 26•Ali Millar

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Letters in the Rain

finding Ted Hughes

Mar 18•Ali Millar

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This last week

these last few years

Mar 5•Ali Millar

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Please can we call time on AI soon

(preferably now)

Feb 24•Ali Millar

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