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Essay Camp: A March Write-Along
Let's do this again.
 • Summer Brennan
On Morning Pages
The value and pitfalls of a daily writing practice.
 • Summer Brennan
Where Does Art "Happen?"
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 23: "Is the art in the object, or the act of creation?" Yves Klein blue, the century of light, and the Zones of…
 • Summer Brennan
Saint Valentine
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 22: "I am surprised to exist these days, surprised to exist and be perceived, walking along in my green coat. Am I too…
 • Summer Brennan
The Everyday
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 21: On a Paris evening in winter.
 • Summer Brennan
I Dream Of A Books Supplement
Seriously though, we could make this happen.
 • Summer Brennan
Why Do Americans Accept The Extrajudicial Killing of Civilians By Police?
Some thoughts.
 • Summer Brennan
Just Okay
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 20: “Patience is also a form of action.” —Rodin
 • Summer Brennan
The Labyrinth and Its Escape
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 19: On the Oulipo movement, the found rough draft, and writing with constraints.
 • Summer Brennan
The Seine at Night
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 18: One of the most beautiful things in the world to me is the stretch of river between the Pont Neuf and the Pont…
 • Summer Brennan
This Doesn't Count As Work
Or it's not supposed to. Consider this just me talking.
 • Summer Brennan

January 2026

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