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Clarice Lispector’s paradoxical certainties
“What gets in the way of writing is having to use words.”
Mason Currey
Sep 5
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On searching for your own idea of quality
And what if it keeps changing?
Mason Currey
Jun 26
111
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Samuel Johnson and the art of procrastination
Or how to write 1,800 words an hour
Mason Currey
May 30
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Henri Cole on the enemies within
And why they’re a gift
Mason Currey
May 1
88
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Three tales of creative slowness
“A week is nothing, one thinks one can do so much in a week”
Mason Currey
Apr 3
187
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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.
Mason Currey
Nov 28, 2022
38
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How to solve a creative block
Five ideas for getting unstuck
Mason Currey
Oct 31, 2022
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“A strange empty day”
From May Sarton’s journals—plus, more on paid newsletters
Mason Currey
Apr 4, 2022
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Three tales of creative incompetence
Plus: Advice on sharing your work
Mason Currey
Mar 7, 2022
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New Year, New . . . Rapture?
On bell hooks and the privilege and joy (maybe) of writing
Mason Currey
Jan 10, 2022
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Really good writing advice from Slavoj Žižek
How to make writing disappear!
Mason Currey
Nov 22, 2021
38
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Lauren Berlant’s labor of being
“Things are usually in my way but that’s the thing about writing.”
Mason Currey
Jul 19, 2021
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