Here’s the secret, if you can bear it
43
On the late American poet’s irrepressible confident weirdness
24

February 2023

Some thoughts on this newsletter’s leather anniversary
39
And some news: I turned in my book draft!
38

January 2023

And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
22
Some motivational advice from Jonah Hill’s therapist
30

December 2022

An end-of-2022 reminder from the photographer Sally Mann (and me)
30

November 2022

Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.
16
“Every day the task seems hopeless and I feel like giving up.”
26

October 2022

Five ideas for getting unstuck
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#Blocktober continues
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A fog, a phobia—ennui, impotence, insanity—powerlessness, horror—and other attempts to describe the dreaded block
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