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Samuel Johnson and the art of procrastination
Or how to write 1,800 words an hour
May 30
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Mason Currey
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The truest thing I've ever read about making art
From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling
May 15
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Mason Currey
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Henri Cole on the enemies within
And why they’re a gift
May 1
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April 2023
Why it’s so hard for writers to ask for money for their work
Too many brains!
Apr 17
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Mason Currey
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Three tales of creative slowness
“A week is nothing, one thinks one can do so much in a week”
Apr 3
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March 2023
Alice Notley on getting things to come easily
Here’s the secret, if you can bear it
Mar 20
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Bernadette Mayer will give you ideas
On the late American poet’s irrepressible confident weirdness
Mar 6
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Mason Currey
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February 2023
Three years of Subtle Maneuvers
Some thoughts on this newsletter’s leather anniversary
Feb 20
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Mason Currey
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Robert Walser’s day jobs
And some news: I turned in my book draft!
Feb 6
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Mason Currey
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January 2023
A master class in creative doubt
And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
Jan 23
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Mason Currey
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Phil Stutz on his string-of-pearls theory of work (and life)
Some motivational advice from Jonah Hill’s therapist
Jan 9
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Mason Currey
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December 2022
Insecurity is a gift!
An end-of-2022 reminder from the photographer Sally Mann (and me)
Dec 12, 2022
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