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Samuel Johnson and the art of procrastination
Or how to write 1,800 words an hour
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Mason Currey
69
The truest thing I've ever read about making art
From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling
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Mason Currey
73
Henri Cole on the enemies within
And why they’re a gift
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Mason Currey
26
April 2023
Why it’s so hard for writers to ask for money for their work
Too many brains!
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Mason Currey
133
Three tales of creative slowness
“A week is nothing, one thinks one can do so much in a week”
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Mason Currey
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March 2023
Alice Notley on getting things to come easily
Here’s the secret, if you can bear it
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Mason Currey
44
Bernadette Mayer will give you ideas
On the late American poet’s irrepressible confident weirdness
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Mason Currey
24
February 2023
Three years of Subtle Maneuvers
Some thoughts on this newsletter’s leather anniversary
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Mason Currey
39
Robert Walser’s day jobs
And some news: I turned in my book draft!
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Mason Currey
39
January 2023
A master class in creative doubt
And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
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Mason Currey
22
Phil Stutz on his string-of-pearls theory of work (and life)
Some motivational advice from Jonah Hill’s therapist
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Mason Currey
30
December 2022
Insecurity is a gift!
An end-of-2022 reminder from the photographer Sally Mann (and me)
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Mason Currey
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