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Françoise Sagan on the power of laziness
A timely reminder from the author of Bonjour Tristesse
May 27
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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
Nov 4, 2024
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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!”
Mar 18, 2024
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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.”
Feb 19, 2024
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Mason Currey
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Clarice Lispector’s paradoxical certainties
“What gets in the way of writing is having to use words.”
Sep 5, 2023
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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, 2023
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Mason Currey
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Tove Jansson’s summer days
“Tooti and I wake up early, always simultaneously though we sleep in separate beds.”
Aug 8, 2022
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Mason Currey
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“From rage to despair and back again”
Jean Rhys on writing her masterpiece, the novel Wide Sargasso Sea
Jun 13, 2022
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Mason Currey
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Robert Graves’s writing paradise
A visit to the English poet and novelist’s home in Majorca
May 31, 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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Sybille Bedford’s squandered years
And their resolution!
Sep 13, 2021
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Mason Currey
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Anthony Burgess could write a novel in four weeks
“I write fast. So what?”
Feb 8, 2021
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Mason Currey
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