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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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Update on Writing Process: Towards Natural Form
I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with my writing. I never finish projects, abandoning them for the next, seemingly more promising idea. Part of the problem comes from constantly changing my identity as a writer–novelist one day, poet the next, ethnographer the day after that. This constant bouncing prevents me from wading deeper into any one pursuit.…
The Whale Belly 