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Françoise Sagan on the power of laziness
A timely reminder from the author of Bonjour Tristesse
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Mason Currey
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Gary Indiana’s controlled uncontrol
The late writer on stumbling through projects, putting things in proximity to one another, and how not to write about Warhol
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Mason Currey
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Kathy Acker was against creativity
“I set up this task, this nutty task basically, and I’d do it!”
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Mason Currey
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Jane Bowles was vulnerable and strong
“I’ve got to do it my way and my way is more difficult than yours.”
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Mason Currey
20
Clarice Lispector’s paradoxical certainties
“What gets in the way of writing is having to use words.”
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Mason Currey
43
Robert Walser’s day jobs
And some news: I turned in my book draft!
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Mason Currey
38
Tove Jansson’s summer days
“Tooti and I wake up early, always simultaneously though we sleep in separate beds.”
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Mason Currey
23
“From rage to despair and back again”
Jean Rhys on writing her masterpiece, the novel Wide Sargasso Sea
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Mason Currey
32
Robert Graves’s writing paradise
A visit to the English poet and novelist’s home in Majorca
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Mason Currey
16
Three tales of creative incompetence
Plus: Advice on sharing your work
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Mason Currey
20
Sybille Bedford’s squandered years
And their resolution!
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Mason Currey
4
Anthony Burgess could write a novel in four weeks
“I write fast. So what?”
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Mason Currey
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