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Writing Rules That Were Made to Be Broken: Kill Your Darlings

Writing Rules That Were Made to Be Broken: Kill Your Darlings

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By Laura van den Berg | March 13, 2018

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Teddy Wayne Talks Inspiration, Craft, and Dream Jobs

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Why Every Progressive Should Read The Good Soldier Švejk

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Curtis White: There's No Such Thing as Postmodernism

Curtis White: There's No Such Thing as Postmodernism

Even Some of Its Best-Known Practitioners Were Confused About It

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Why is a Harvard Business Professor Studying Independent Bookstores?

Why is a Harvard Business Professor Studying Independent Bookstores?

Maxwell Neely-Cohen Talks to Organizational Ethnographer Ryan Raffaelli

By Maxwell Neely-Cohen | March 9, 2018

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Networks: Another Thing Silicon Valley Didn't Actually Invent

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