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i'm teaching 2 workshops this summer and you're invited

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i used to think that novels were a waste of time

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everything i read in february & march 2026

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everything i read in january 2026

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we've created a society where artists can't make any money

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best books, essays, and poems of 2025

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Writing is an inherently dignified human activity

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everything i read in october & november 2025

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conversations with friends (on tech, culture, criticism, and bait)

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the occasional art report

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How To Speak To A Computer

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everything i read in september 2025

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everything i read in july & august 2025

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How to expand the market for literature (and literary criticism)

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exercises in style: bill beckley's "cake story"

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everything i read in june 2025

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annie ernaux fixed my disintegrating attention span

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no one told me about proust

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in defense of san francisco's art scene

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everything i read in february 2025

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