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As if It Matters
I entered from one side of the pedestrian bridge over the lake at the same time as three ducks entered from the other. They waddled in a line formation, their heads stationary above their jiggling flanks, lurching shanks, and rapidly slapping webbed feet, as if they were trying to get to some popular bakery before…
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Has Ideas, Makes Things, Shows People
I’ve been trying to figure out how to live my life. But the more I struggle, the more I try to force things, the more stuck I become. I would like to go with the flow more. I would like to follow my natural inclinations, my creative impulses, and not worry so much about whether…
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Field Note: Dana Gioia on the Benefits of Reading Literature
I’ve long wondered about the actual benefits of reading literature. When I was a high school English teacher, my students would ask me what the purpose was of reading plays, poems, and novels. I think I said something about understanding human nature, but I didn’t really know what that meant, nor did my answer satisfy…
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