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Alice Notley on getting things to come easily
Here’s the secret, if you can bear it
Mason Currey
Mar 20
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Bernadette Mayer will give you ideas
On the late American poet’s irrepressible confident weirdness
Mason Currey
Mar 6
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February 2023
Three years of Subtle Maneuvers
Some thoughts on this newsletter’s leather anniversary
Mason Currey
Feb 20
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Robert Walser’s day jobs
And some news: I turned in my book draft!
Mason Currey
Feb 6
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January 2023
A master class in creative doubt
And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
Mason Currey
Jan 23
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Phil Stutz on his string-of-pearls theory of work (and life)
Some motivational advice from Jonah Hill’s therapist
Mason Currey
Jan 9
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December 2022
Insecurity is a gift!
An end-of-2022 reminder from the photographer Sally Mann (and me)
Mason Currey
Dec 12, 2022
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November 2022
Checking in with “Heather in Brooklyn”
Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.
Mason Currey
Nov 28, 2022
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Viv Albertine’s brilliant memoir of creative frustration
“Every day the task seems hopeless and I feel like giving up.”
Mason Currey
Nov 14, 2022
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October 2022
How to solve a creative block
Five ideas for getting unstuck
Mason Currey
Oct 31, 2022
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The perfect conditions for a creative block
#Blocktober continues
Mason Currey
Oct 17, 2022
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#Blocktober begins here
A fog, a phobia—ennui, impotence, insanity—powerlessness, horror—and other attempts to describe the dreaded block
Mason Currey
Oct 3, 2022
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