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Every Story is a Second-Person Story
Notes on "The Ear of the Story"
Jun 30 • 
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Your Kid's Art Class is Paying for This Parade
So is your favorite lit mag
Jun 14 • 
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Fifteen REAL Books You Should ACTUALLY Read This Summer
Written by humans!
May 21 • 
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Go Deep!
Mar 18, 2024 • Rebecca Makkai
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POV Disorder
Feb 20 • Rebecca Makkai
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I Wrote Five Books With ADHD
Nov 21, 2023 • Rebecca Makkai
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Go Too Far!
Jan 3 • Rebecca Makkai
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Blurb No More
Dec 16, 2024 • Rebecca Makkai
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1979 is calling
(with a subscription discount and a haunted toddler)
May 6 • 
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Design Solutions
for killer clowns
Apr 15 • 
Rebecca Makkai
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Me, Myself, and Aghghghgh!
Point of View, Part 2
Apr 4 • 
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Write Away (and I mean AWAY)
Residencies, Retreats, Conferences: What they are, a cool one of each, best practices for applying, and what I wish I knew ten years ago...
Mar 21 • 
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Three Quick Things
A list, a class recording, and a teaser
Mar 7 • 
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POV Disorder
Many writers have it. So does America.
Feb 20 • 
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How to Write While Deeply Distracted
(from an ADHDer to the rest of you)
Feb 13 • 
Rebecca Makkai
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