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"Writing is not a race"
If you spend any time around established literary writers, you’ll be subjected to baffling advice about how it’s important not to pursue publication.
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On reading one of the Hindu national epics
Longtime readers might remember that for much of 2024, I was writing about my experiences reading an unabridged translation of the Mahabharata, which is…
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The Wayback Machine
In 2010, I moved to Oakland, where I started spending every evening with a friend of mine named Brian—a former college roommate.
Apr 7
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The Fountainhead
Back in the year 1998, there was a thirteen-year-old boy who loved to read.
Apr 3
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The end of my American literature era
To research my New Yorker story piece, I had to read a lot of literary biographies.
Mar 31
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My introduction to the Great Books
For middle and high school, I went to a Catholic school, run by Benedictine monks, called The Saint Anselm’s Abbey School.
Mar 26
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A guide to effort-posting
Recently Ross Barkan wrote a post about a group of critics who make a practice of writing long, obsessive articles about authors or cultural phenomenon.
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