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Chapter 146: In Their Own Words
Over the years I made the mistake, time and again, of thinking that I understood what my students were experiencing as they approached writing the…
Apr 19
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 145: The “Tells”
I am not a poker player which is just as well because I shudder to think what an easy mark I’d be for any halfway decent card shark. I am woeful at…
Apr 12
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 145: The “Tells”
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Chapter 144: Thank you…John Wayne?
There are sports I watch every single day – thank you lord for giving humankind the gift of baseball - and sports I watch every four years. These…
Apr 5
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Michael Shapiro
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March 2024
Chapter 143: In Between Languages
Léopold Sédar Senghor is 33 years old in June 1940, when the German army captures him near La-Charité-sur-Loire, in central France. Senghor is far from…
Mar 29
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Diego Courchay
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Chapter 143: In Between Languages
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Chapter 142: Day Jobs, Part II
So how to support yourself as a writer, when there are so many new ways to be published but fewer ways to get paid?Writerland is a reader-supported…
Mar 15
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 142: Day Jobs, Part II
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Chapter 141: But Is It A Book?
There comes a moment in the life of most every writer when they discover a story so good, so big, so engrossing, so filled with the stuff that keeps…
Mar 8
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 141: But Is It A Book?
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Chapter 140: The Day Job Conundrum
There is arguably no more vexing paradox confronting nonfiction writers today than this: there are more ways to be published and discovered than ever…
Mar 1
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Michael Shapiro
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February 2024
Chapter 139: Death of a Writer
We were driving down the roads of childhood, though it was now I who cradled him under my arm. My father’s urn bore his name in gold on the lid: Claude…
Feb 23
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Diego Courchay
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Chapter 139: Death of a Writer
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Chapter 138: You Must Remember This
I recently tried something new with my students that resulted in unintended but revealing consequences. My students are learning to report for…
Feb 16
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 137: Immersion. And When You Cannot
I am a sucker for “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” It fills the void I’d experienced since the finale of “Succession:” the absence from my life of the…
Feb 9
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 137: Immersion. And When You Cannot
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Chapter 136: What Does Success Look Like?
It has taken no time at all for my students to surprise me, which is one of the delights of my job. The surprise came in response to a question that my…
Feb 2
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Michael Shapiro
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Chapter 136: What Does Success Look Like?
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January 2024
Chapter 135: The Making of A Cult Novel
Every country has its cult classics, those strange titles passed on in a conversation, or let slip in bookish asides. Then, it’s wisest to not just nod…
Jan 26
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Diego Courchay
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