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How a New York Times Bureau Chief Wrote His Memoir

Eat your meals standing up. Don’t sneak onto Mt. Kilimanjaro.

May 15, 2017
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When I Think About Giving Up Writing

I was happy raising my kid, living my life without worrying about writing.

Mar 20, 2017
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How to Write a Screenplay in a Café

“Whether or not I find the café I want, the screenplay is waiting.”

Dec 7, 2016
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Blank Books and Letting the Ink Dry

“What ideas burn so brightly that they should besmirch generous, bare pages?”

Sep 26, 2016
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Count It All What? On Titling My Novel

“The idea that a title could dissuade a reader was not something I had even considered.”

Jul 20, 2016
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Speaking Into the World

“Poets of color, particularly black poets, are often pigeonholed.”

Jul 13, 2016
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Hair Notes

I have no ambition to learn, nor do I intend to get better.

Jun 21, 2016
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At Austin Airport

“I had been selected for a ‘random’ scan of my hands.”

Mar 24, 2016
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The Marvelous Bonfire

On translating Finnish literature into English.

Feb 4, 2016
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Personal Data: Notes on Keeping a Notebook

“A journal isn’t about the self, but for it.”

Nov 9, 2015