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6 Rules for a Great Story from Charles M. Schulz’s Son and Snoopy
6 Rules for a Great Story from Charles M. Schulz’s Son and Snoopy

“And remember: Always aim for the heart!”

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Advice on Living the Creative Life from Neil Gaiman
Advice on Living the Creative Life from Neil Gaiman

“Someone on the internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid, or evil, or it’s all been done before? Make good art.”

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Introducing The Curator’s Code: A Standard for Honoring Attribution of Discovery Across the Web
Introducing The Curator’s Code: A Standard for Honoring Attribution of Discovery Across the Web

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From Jack Kerouac to Ayn Rand: Iconic Writers on Symbolism, 1963
From Jack Kerouac to Ayn Rand: Iconic Writers on Symbolism, 1963

A Rorschach Test with a spine, or what the art of fluid writing has to do with salt.

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16 Overall Favorite Books of 2016
16 Overall Favorite Books of 2016

From loneliness to love to black holes, by way of Neil Gaiman, Annie Dillard, and Mary Oliver.

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Live the Questions: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Advice to Graduates
Live the Questions: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Advice to Graduates

“Inspiring hope in a cynical world might be the most radical thing you can possibly do.”

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5½ Timeless Commencement Speeches to Teach You to Define Your Own Success
5½ Timeless Commencement Speeches to Teach You to Define Your Own Success

The great and terrible truth of clichés, why success is a dangerous bedfellow, and how disappointment paves the way for originality.

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9 Books on Reading and Writing
9 Books on Reading and Writing

Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure.

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The Paris Review Archival Interviews: 10 Favorite Quotes
The Paris Review Archival Interviews: 10 Favorite Quotes

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November 9, 1928: The Trial of Radclyffe Hall and Virginia Woolf’s Exquisite Case for the Freedom of Speech
November 9, 1928: The Trial of Radclyffe Hall and Virginia Woolf’s Exquisite Case for the Freedom of Speech

“Writers produce literature, and they cannot produce great literature until they have free minds. The free mind has access to all knowledge and speculation of its age, and nothing cramps it like a taboo.”

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