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Perseverance, Self-Transcendence, and the “Slow Churn” of Creativity: A Conversation with Artist Rachel Sussman
Perseverance, Self-Transcendence, and the “Slow Churn” of Creativity: A Conversation with Artist Rachel Sussman

How deep time puts our fleeting human lives in perspective, what it takes to persist, and why any meaningful creative endeavor requires sacrifice.

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Three Delightful Poems About Dogs from E.B. White
Three Delightful Poems About Dogs from E.B. White

A charming celebration from literary history’s premiere champion of the canine.

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Tom Gauld’s Brilliant Literary Cartoons Blur the Artificial Line Between “High” and “Pop” Culture
Tom Gauld’s Brilliant Literary Cartoons Blur the Artificial Line Between “High” and “Pop” Culture

From Hemingway’s hangovers to the messiness of creative collaborations, wryly witty visual satire of intellectualism.

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Winston and George: An Illustrated Ode to Friendship, with an Incredible Creative Journey 50 Years in the Making
Winston and George: An Illustrated Ode to Friendship, with an Incredible Creative Journey 50 Years in the Making

A beautiful and bittersweet redemptive triumph.

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John Updike on How to Have a Productive Daily Routine, and the Most Important Things Aspiring Writers Should Know
John Updike on How to Have a Productive Daily Routine, and the Most Important Things Aspiring Writers Should Know

“In a country this large and a language even larger … there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain and instruct a reader.”

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Anthony Trollope’s Witty and Wise Advice on How to Be a Successful Writer
Anthony Trollope’s Witty and Wise Advice on How to Be a Successful Writer

“My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who… will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.”

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Herman Melville on Art
Herman Melville on Art

On the mystical mastery of wrestling with the angel.

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Donald Barthelme on the Art of Not-Knowing and the Essential Not-Knowing of Art
Donald Barthelme on the Art of Not-Knowing and the Essential Not-Knowing of Art

“Our devouring commercial culture… results in a double impoverishment: theft of complexity from the reader, theft of the reader from the writer.”

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Herman Melville on Writing and His Daily Routine
Herman Melville on Writing and His Daily Routine

“A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf — at any rate it is safer from criticism.”

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John Green’s Superb Advice to Aspiring Writers and Creators in the Digital Age
John Green’s Superb Advice to Aspiring Writers and Creators in the Digital Age

A vital reminder of the only good reason to put something into the world.

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