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Letter 1 - Letters From London
What to take and what to leave?
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What I Read On And Off The Internet This Week
A summary of my week in literary tabs and books, along with a new essay and an upcoming event in London.
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Bibliomancy For The Living Autobiography In The Third Person
Thoughts about my new project here, autofiction, third person memoir and living autobiography.
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American Fiction
A look back on my series with Boxwalla as it comes to an end.
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On What I Learned Editing Best American Essays 2022
Some thoughts on how reading thousands of essays in a year changed me
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What Is A Novel For? The Session 2 Thread
Dear Reader, Thank you to everyone who is participating in this experiment. While those of you who are not registered for the class are welcome …
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What Is A Novel For? We Continue.
On a forgotten memory prompt that came back to me twice.
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What Is A Novel For? Session 1 Q&A Thread
Here is our thread for Session 1 questions. I’ll try and get to them as we go forward. You can also use this as a way to meet other writers and …
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