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Why I want a different New Year

who said January first is when we should begin again?

Jan 2 • Tove Danovich

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Mary Oliver has a store now

May 8, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Things that have made my life better

Dec 12, 2024 • Tove Danovich

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There’s no rest button

Jan 7, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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The 25 Books I Loved Most, Out of 190

2025 in reading

Dec 30, 2025 • Tove Danovich

In which I use a dung beetle as a metaphor

Looking back on 2025

Dec 26, 2025 • Tove Danovich

2025 in Review: The Essays You Read (and Talked About) Most

Closing out another calendar year of A Little Detour

Dec 15, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Whatever you have isn't good enough

fighting the impulse to buy, buy, buy

Dec 11, 2025 • Tove Danovich

I would rather starve than ask for help

and maybe I should work on that

Dec 2, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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Writing isn't interested in being neat and closed: a Q&A with Sophie Lucido Johnson, writer and cartoonist

"Whatever you’re writing is a necessary step on the path to the next thing you’re writing"

Oct 21, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Endlessly reworking the piece: a Q&A with Rae Swon, visual artist

"I’m not done yet even when I think I’m done."

Sep 3, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Kill Your Darlings, But Share Them Anyway: a Q&A with visual journalist Diana Cervantes

"A lot of my work is just bearing witness"

Aug 19, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Write from the belly, not the brain: A Q&A with poet Joy Sullivan

Asking yourself "is it true?" will transform your writing life and your living life too

Aug 5, 2025 • Tove Danovich

This album will change your life

we want media worth giving our attention to

Nov 19, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Can cleaning be ecstasy?

I want to tell you about my favorite chores

Nov 17, 2025 • Tove Danovich

A grounding exercise

what's around you right now?

Nov 6, 2025 • Tove Danovich

A thing I hate that sometimes happens in the arts

it gives me the full-body ick

Oct 29, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Things that have made my life better: part three

but wait there's more!

Oct 24, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Writing isn't interested in being neat and closed: a Q&A with Sophie Lucido Johnson, writer and cartoonist

"Whatever you’re writing is a necessary step on the path to the next thing you’re writing"

Oct 21, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Server nightmare

this is an invitation for you to tell me about your bad dreams

Oct 14, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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