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Nissa Tolton
Nissa Tolton

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    • Dreaming
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  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
  • Notes on Dreaming
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Tag: historical

Collective Dream Monster
  • Dreaming

Collective Dream Monster

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 September 20261 September 2026

What am I doing when I read the news of my age?

Books by Nissa Tolton
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Books by Nissa Tolton

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 August 202624 August 2026

Political, historical, mystical, feminist.

women and girls working in a communical kitchen 19th century
  • Historical

The Shakers

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 19 June 202623 June 2026

The Shakers’ mission was to create Heaven on Earth, as a means of preparing for their celestial Heaven. Tips and tricks of the nicest people in America.

A Shaker woman read to orhpans in the shade of a tree
  • Historical

Shaker Heaven

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 16 March 202630 August 2026

One gets into Heaven by being good at it, and that means practice. How Shaker society was so unlike ours, and in this most zen way!

Emily Brontë played by an actress
  • Historical

The Emily in Each of Us

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 March 202610 June 2026

There is an Emily in each of us. It is incompatible with this world, and thereby reminds us that we are not native to it.

Consent
  • Dreaming
  • Philosophy

Consent

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 23 February 20262 September 2026

No responsible person spanks himself.

a contemplative samouri
  • Historical
  • Philosophy

Only the Cutting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20253 July 2025

This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.

a Victorian woman working at a desk in a study
  • Blog

Point Heating

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 19 November 202427 October 2025

It’s best to work out your subcivilisation lifestyle while the luxury of experimentation still exists.

The Family Religion
  • Dreaming

The Family Religion

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 March 20246 June 2026

The good old days were actually the bad old days, but because survival was fleeting, mindfulness was more necessary.

Victoriana
  • Blog

Victoriana

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 8 July 202328 May 2025

A new wordpress site for my 19th century books, free to download or view directly on your phone

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