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Managing Distraction

19 May 2019
I recently saw an ad for the Freewrite, a "distraction-free" portable word processor--that is, one with no Internet capability. I immediately recognized it as something inspired by the old Alphasmart…
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Happy New Year!

1 Jan 2019
Last year is over with, according to the calendar, and a new year begins, with the same sun rising every dawn. Last year brought me minor triumphs and major worries,…
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The Most Important Thing A Writer Can Do Is Write

7 Aug 2018
There is one indispensable step to writing, and that is that you must sit down and write. This is technically untrue, and was not such a hard and fast rule…
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Recursions, Part 10: “The Dawn Watch,” by Maya Jasanoff

4 Mar 20184 Mar 2018
This is the tenth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
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Recursions, Part 9: “Finding a Form,” by William H. Gass

7 Dec 20177 Dec 2017
This is the ninth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
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Recursions, Part 8: “A Moveable Feast,” by Ernest Hemingway

26 Oct 201727 Oct 2017
This is the eighth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…

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