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Going Through Old Notebooks Part 14: Portrait of the Artist with a Carton of Raspberries
One does not have to have children in order to correct these quotidian lacks or discomforts that we have grown to feel we deserve.
Dec 7
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How (Not) To Get A Book Deal
Writers who want to publish their first book must ask themselves one question: do I have a book that is ready for the marketplace?
Dec 4
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November 2025
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 13: Trees and Their Absence
I felt an affinity for that space, where a tree’s branches had swayed for over half a century, if not longer, and now did not
Nov 25
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Summer Brennan
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Going Through Old Notebooks Part 12: The Defining Moment of What Was Literary Twitter? Or "Discourse Person"
On empathy, fiction, plagiarism, the woman as artist, the short story that launched a thousand takes—and the lost world we writers once shared online.
Nov 23
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Summer Brennan
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Going Through Old Notebooks Part 11: What The River Brings
I started taking long walks along the river every day in the spring of 2021, after something terrible had happened.
Nov 21
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Essay Camp Day 5
Enough talk. Let's make something.
Nov 19
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Essay Camp Day 4
Thinking about structure.
Nov 18
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Summer Brennan
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Essay Camp Day 3
Keep going.
Nov 17
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Summer Brennan
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Essay Camp Day 2
Keep at it.
Nov 16
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Summer Brennan
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Essay Camp Day 1
Let's begin.
Nov 15
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Summer Brennan
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Going Through Old Notebooks Part 10: Early Morning Coffee Run
Everything had to be done fast, fast, fast. People were in a hurry.
Nov 13
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Summer Brennan
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Essay Camp Starts Saturday
Gather your supplies!
Nov 11
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Summer Brennan
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