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On the purpose of writing and teaching
Jan 12 • Jane Wageman
2025 in books
What I read this year
Dec 18, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Small narratives: genre and the reader
A recap from Winter Wheat, part 3
Dec 2, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Small narratives: microfiction
A recap from Winter Wheat, part 2
Nov 25, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Small narratives: prose poetry
A recap from Winter Wheat, part 1
Nov 18, 2025 • Jane Wageman
The second draft
On rewriting a novel
Nov 2, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Submissions
Thoughts on submitting writing and publishing
Oct 20, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Odds and ends
A few updates
Oct 12, 2025 • Jane Wageman
On moving (again)
Narrating, time, and place
Jul 20, 2025 • Jane Wageman
Stand-up comedy and workshop
Part 1 on stand-up comedy and writing
Jun 23, 2025 • Jane Wageman
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Unmaking the Grade
Unmaking the Grade
Emily Pitts Donahoe

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