<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cyrus Foroudian</title><description>Essays, letters to books, and other slow writing.</description><link>https://cyforo.com/</link><item><title>An apology to Song of Achilles</title><link>https://cyforo.com/essays/an-apology-to-song-of-achilles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cyforo.com/essays/an-apology-to-song-of-achilles/</guid><description>If I had known that the words would peel off the pages and waft into my dilated pupils the way they did for every one of the 384 pages, I would have picked you up sooner.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On writing slowly</title><link>https://cyforo.com/essays/on-writing-slowly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cyforo.com/essays/on-writing-slowly/</guid><description>A sentence should be allowed to breathe. I am practicing the patience of leaving one alone until it tells me what it wants to be.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The reading chair by the window</title><link>https://cyforo.com/essays/the-reading-chair-by-the-window/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cyforo.com/essays/the-reading-chair-by-the-window/</guid><description>Some furniture is load-bearing for a life. This chair holds mine — the afternoon light, the tea going cold, the dog-eared corners.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What I learned building my first site</title><link>https://cyforo.com/essays/what-i-learned-building-my-first-site/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cyforo.com/essays/what-i-learned-building-my-first-site/</guid><description>I wanted a place that felt like my handwriting. It turns out that takes more unlearning than learning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>