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In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

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Darcie Dennigan on the Benefits of Unrouting Your Routines

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Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

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“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.”

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Caleb Gayle on Reorienting the Reader

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