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New MacArthur ‘genius’ class includes three writers

The MacArthur Foundation has awarded  two dozen new grants.  The $500,000 “genius” grants don’t award a specific work “rather, they tend to be awarded to people who are in the middle of a trajectory of accomplishment.” Three writers received grants, including short story writer, Deborah Eisenberg.  I love it that she is 63-year old writer is considered in the “middle” of her “trajectory of accomplishment.  [Los Angeles Times]

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go beyond

KEEP GOING Test pilots push the envelope. Athletes say the only way to find your limit is to go beyond it. Psychotherapists warn the urge to quit treatment often comes on the verge of a breakthrough. When should a writing session end?  Probably not when you want it to. [read on...]

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keep on puzzling, stop fretting

Rubik In the midst of puzzling and fretting over a writing issue the other day, I remembered for the zillionth time that writing is a metaphor for living. And so I decided: keep on puzzling and stop fretting.  [read on...]

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