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Writing in the age of instant validation
Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to write.
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Get in the sea
Four bearings
Feb 26
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Shirley Jackson & Ursula K. Le Guin
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Some notes on rain and meteorological disenchantment
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The illusion of an audience
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Scatterbrain: a letter from the land of those who, much against all wisdom, keep publishing books
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Ten things I learned the hard way about publishing books
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Literary professionals and other mythical creatures
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At home I'm a tourist
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This is not a diary: January 2025
On seasons, Mavis Gallant, and the virtue of limits
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Un oscuro día de justicia, Rodolfo Walsh
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Why bother?
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The 2026 reading list
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The comfort of doubt
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