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Here’s the secret, if you can bear it

Mar 20

On the late American poet’s irrepressible confident weirdness

Mar 6

February 2023

Some thoughts on this newsletter’s leather anniversary

Feb 20

And some news: I turned in my book draft!

Feb 6

January 2023

And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi

Jan 23

Some motivational advice from Jonah Hill’s therapist

Jan 9

December 2022

An end-of-2022 reminder from the photographer Sally Mann (and me)

Dec 12, 2022

November 2022

Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.

Nov 28, 2022

“Every day the task seems hopeless and I feel like giving up.”

Nov 14, 2022

October 2022

Five ideas for getting unstuck

Oct 31, 2022

#Blocktober continues

Oct 17, 2022

A fog, a phobia—ennui, impotence, insanity—powerlessness, horror—and other attempts to describe the dreaded block

Oct 3, 2022

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