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When the Tortoise and Then the Hare Sit Down to Write

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When it comes to writing novels, I am tortoise. At least with the first half, and there is something thrilling about the second half, like sliding down a long snowy hill, or as in below, leaping off the top step. I am still the tortoise right now.  For assistance, I return to a 1968 Paris Review […]

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“From A Friend,” the Art of the Calling Card

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I have been going through a cigar box of collected calling cards from my great grandmother and I am astonished by the variety of pretty designs combined with the elegant scripts. It just seems such a lovely convention and I am rather sorry we don’t do it anymore. Now we hand out “business cards” which

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