A Room of One's Own: In Praise of Seclusion in the Service of Craft

A Room of One's Own: In Praise of Seclusion in the Service of Craft

Ben Shattuck Shares What He Loves Most About His Writing Space

By Ben Shattuck | July 9, 2024

Seeking Respite in Landscape: On Following Henry David Thoreau’s Walks

Seeking Respite in Landscape: On Following Henry David Thoreau’s Walks

Ben Shattuck Traces the Beginnings of a Journey

By Ben Shattuck | April 19, 2022

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

"I’d Rather Be Huddled Somewhere and a Little Underprepared"

By Ben Shattuck | May 14, 2018

In an Arctic That Never Was, and Will Soon Be No More

In an Arctic That Never Was, and Will Soon Be No More

A Lost Note from a Long-Dead Explorer Prophesies the End of the Polar Ice

By Ben Shattuck | December 4, 2015

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

On the wives of whalers and their dildos, aka "he's-at-homes"

By Ben Shattuck | October 16, 2015

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