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Assignment 3 — Shannon Holman
Great artists steal. For today's assignment, let's continue to play with the notions of indeterminacy and appropriation as tools to combat the twin demons of The Anxiety of Influence and The Blank Page (which…
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WHEN You Are CRAZY You Take OFF Your CLOTHES [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, In my first poetry book, The Next Ancient World, there is a poem called Naked, in which I talk about being so crazy with rage and shame (that's what we are crazy…
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Assignment 2 — Shannon Holman
Selection is a form of invention. For today's assignment, make like a gambler: Shuffle Up and Deal. Why spent thousands on seminars, self-help books, and therapy to help you deal with the crippling, quotidian…
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Depressing Quote of the Day
"There is no weight heavier than the body of a woman one has ceased to love." Anonymous — sdh
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This Just In: Leigh Wells in Brooklyn, Jennifer Knox at NYU
We’ve been following the writing/photography/filmmaking career of Leigh Wells ever since we met her upon her return from a two year stint as a Peace Corp volunteer in Mongolia. We’re excited to learn that…
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Maugham on “the I who writes”
"But the I who writes is just as much a character in the story as the other persons with whom it is concerned. He may be the hero or he may be an onlooker…
