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Collaboration and Independence
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The Trauma Memoir
On Being Funny/Not Funny
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On Breaking Rules and Selling Out
Jimmy Buffett died yesterday. The news was surprisingly sad to me, given the fact that I’ve not listened to his songs or even felt much affinity for his…
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Writing (and Editing) as Adventure
This weekend my friend Sylvia and I went to our friend Annie’s house to see her short film. She’s not a trained filmmaker. In fact, the three of us are…
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Heidi Pitlor
Fear and Self-Loathing
A Talk about Rethinking Mental Health for Writers Today (with Yael Goldstein-Love)
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Heidi Pitlor
What is the Point?
On Writing for the Sake of Writing
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Heidi Pitlor
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Class Diversity and Publishing
Am I Culpable?
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Sinéad O'Connor and Barbie
I need to write more of Life Book, so I’ll post other things while I work to amass some pages. I have a trip planned for September to my friend Sue’s…
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