Archive - Hopeless Semantic

You Can Take the Girl Out of Detroit…

...but you can’t take the Detroit food out of the girl.

May 13 • Sarah Grace McCandless

The Road to Oz, Take Two

The commencement address I delivered in 1992 gets a long overdue glow up.

May 6 • Sarah Grace McCandless

April 2026

On eight years sober, infinity, and a choice without a finish line.

Apr 29 • Sarah Grace McCandless

Confessions of a Teen Poet Laureate

How an Honorable Mention and Cindy Mancini Shaped an Entire Career

Apr 22 • Sarah Grace McCandless

What's Taxing Me

And I don’t mean the filing deadline.

Apr 15 • Sarah Grace McCandless

Turns Out the Universe Reads Substack.

And she has thoughts.

Apr 8 • Sarah Grace McCandless

The Word Was the Door. Here's What Was on the Other Side.

No joke: Hopeless Semantic launches today.

Apr 1 • Sarah Grace McCandless

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