How to Brew Good Coffee
Monthly deliveries of a perfect roast, strongly brewed, may be nearly as important as the companion who introduces them to you.
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The Value of Our Work: What Writers Can Learn From the Harvard Business School
An author who worked for years as a scribe at the Harvard Business School shares the lessons she learned that can be applied to writing, most notably: Believe that what you do is valuable.
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How to Protect Your Time
Carrying a stroller down the subway steps is a good use of your time; doomscrolling and social media are not. Fight for time for the things you love and put your writing at the top of that list.
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How to Kill Your Darlings
Consider your cuts as a culling of the herd, and know that even writing which is omitted will leave its imprint on the book.
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Ten Questions for Ed Park
“I just remember the miraculous appearance of story seeds, bursts of inspiration, and cloudless composition.” —Ed Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis
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Foreign Objects 2: Seams and Borders
Writer and translator Elizabeth T. Gray considers the craft of integrating foreign objects into poetry.
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Ten Questions for Lucas Schaefer
“A book takes a long time to write, and a long time to publish. So, you know, take a breath!” —Lucas Schaefer, author of The Slip
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Foreign Objects 1: What’s This Doing Here?
Writer and translator Elizabeth T. Gray explores the history and function of foreign objects in poetry.
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Ten Questions for Nicola Dinan
“But so much of the work is done in those gaps, when the book sits in the back of your mind with your subconscious untangling it.” —Nicola Dinan, author of Disappoint Me
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Ten Questions for July Westhale
“And while it is an expansive, strange book, it manages to feel contained and possible. I think that’s in part because it was written from a place of confinement.” —July Westhale, author of moon moon
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