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The Lies Meant to Demoralize
Renee Good was murdered.
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What Is This?
On boredom and life as process, not product.
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An End of Year Roundup and Gift for Readers
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Dec 28, 2025
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It is Going to End
On the parallels between Trump and Arturo the Aqua Boy
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ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
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Addressing the Transactional Model of School
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Building a Creative Practice
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That's Not What Lolita Is About
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Spectacle Alone Does Not Sell Books
Why American Canto stiffed.
Dec 14, 2025
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Distraction Free Writing
Is such a thing possible?
Dec 7, 2025
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Giving Thanks: The United States Postal Service
A great new work of history on one of the country's oldest institutions.
Nov 30, 2025
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Getting Recognized at the NCTE Convention
My "celebrity for a day" experience.
Nov 23, 2025
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That's Not What Lolita Is About
Why would a distinguished professor of literature get this so wrong?
Nov 16, 2025
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Why I Won't be Reviewing Ann Patchett's Next Book
A futile and stupid gesture that nonetheless is important to me.
Nov 9, 2025
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The Limits of AI Research for Real Writers
To produce interesting writing, more is not necessarily better.
Nov 2, 2025
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Independent Bookstores are for People
You can go home again.
Oct 26, 2025
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Choose Common Sense Over Conventional Wisdom
Just listen to yourself.
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