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The joy of Fran Lebowitz
Blocked? Maybe. Tortured? Nope.
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Hayao Miyazaki, creativity, and selfishness
Watching a four-part documentary on Japan’s irritable genius of animation
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Jan 11
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Advice on energy
Two very different dilemmas with—perhaps—the same solution
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Dec 21, 2020
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Edna O’Brien on the “eminently masochistic exercise” of making art
“It’s quite sick in the sense of normal human enjoyment of life.”
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Dec 14, 2020
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Sarah Kempa on making artwork with a day job (during a pandemic)
The cartoonist and illustrator behind Aunt Sarah Draws shares her Covid routine
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Dec 7, 2020
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What if your ambition outstrips your talent?
Advice for a writer who’s been working for years without seeing any real improvement
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Nov 30, 2020
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Your advice on ambition, talent, and burnout
Discussion thread re: this week's advice column, for a writer who asks: What do you do when your ambition outstrips your talent?
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Nov 29, 2020
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Austin Kleon on being creative when your kids are home allll day
The bestselling author shares his Covid routine
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Nov 23, 2020
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