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On Washingtonian short stories and neighbors down the hall
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(Thoughts on lingerie and reading Grace Paley in a post-Roe era)
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A Guest Post on Mayonnaise from Micheal
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We’re driving down I-66 when Delilah comes on the radio and M. says, “I’m going to give her a call.” The idea is you call in with a love story — more specifically, Delilah has asked callers to tell her about “someone on your heart and mind tonight.” And so M.’s initial reaction…
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There’s a writing exercise that goes: whatever happened in your day, turn it into a fiction scene. Fiction scratches, paradoxically, at truth easier…
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Is there such a thing as over exposed?
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We gave up on Infinite Jest. Our last meeting related to the book will happen Thursday. Maybe some of us will read a few more pages. Maybe some of us…
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"Was that a problem at one point? Like, in the dairy community?"
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I think what so many books get wrong is they focus on performance over embodiment. Follow the rules religiously — sip leek soup and maybe red wine …
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("I hope you can appreciate I'm man enough to tell you this.")
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(On reading C.J. Hauser's "The Crane Wife" and others)
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A newsletter for people who read fiction -- or at least, like the idea of themselves reading fiction.
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