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Finding “the flux” in 2024
With some help from Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, circa 1969
Jan 8, 2024
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Mason Currey
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On searching for your own idea of quality
And what if it keeps changing?
Jun 26, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Samuel Johnson and the art of procrastination
Or how to write 1,800 words an hour
May 30, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Henri Cole on the enemies within
And why they’re a gift
May 1, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Checking in with “Heather in Brooklyn”
Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.
Nov 28, 2022
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Mason Currey
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“A strange empty day”
From May Sarton’s journals—plus, more on paid newsletters
Apr 4, 2022
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Mason Currey
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Three tales of creative incompetence
Plus: Advice on sharing your work
Mar 7, 2022
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Mason Currey
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New Year, New . . . Rapture?
On bell hooks and the privilege and joy (maybe) of writing
Jan 10, 2022
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Mason Currey
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Really good writing advice from Slavoj Žižek
How to make writing disappear!
Nov 22, 2021
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Mason Currey
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Lauren Berlant’s labor of being
“Things are usually in my way but that’s the thing about writing.”
Jul 19, 2021
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Mason Currey
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“If work comes easily, it is suspect”
On David Salle, Janet Malcolm, and feeling like you’re doing everything wrong
Jul 12, 2021
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Mason Currey
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Machiavelli’s daily routine while writing The Prince
“For four hours I forget all my worries and boredom, I am afraid neither of poverty nor death.”
Jun 21, 2021
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Mason Currey
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