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Making The Peace
On the glory of friendships that start out rough and messy and end up steady and tender and peaceful.
Sep 25
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Jane Ratcliffe
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We’re All As Holy as the Holiest Folks Who Ever Lived
The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with mother and writer Isabel Cowles Murphy
Sep 22
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Craft Advice with Elizabeth Gilbert, Part II
On writing about others as an act of love, the emotional beat of writing, what happens after you finish your final draft, and a really fantastic prompt!
Sep 19
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Craft Advice with Elizabeth Gilbert, Part I
On writing in seasons, daily writing practice, hearing your own words, brutally honest feedback, the easy and hard parts of memoir and fiction, and…
Sep 18
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Stewarding My Soul: A Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, Part II
On not abandoning ourselves, the job of staying well, healthy sponsorship, and the miracle of Pepita!
Sep 12
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Stewarding My Soul: A Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, Part I
On turning people into your personal god, confronting bullies, truth as the safest place in the world, compliance and codependency, and the lies we tell…
Sep 11
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Jane Ratcliffe
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There Are Always Weeds To Pull In The Garden
The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with poet and teacher John Allen Taylor
Sep 8
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Three Writing Prompts!
George Saunders, Rene Denfeld, and Brandon Taylor offer guidance for when you want to write but can't figure out where to begin!
Sep 4
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Jane Ratcliffe
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Craft Advice with Anna Malaika Tubbs
On a day in the life of a writer, organizing extensive research, braiding narratives, vulnerability, and how to know what you're supposed to be writing…
Aug 28
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Jane Ratcliffe
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We Can Create Something Else: A Conversation with Anna Malaika Tubbs
On how the patriarchy is changeable because it's all made up, the power of intuition as resistance, how being hopeful can make good things happen, and…
Aug 21
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Jane Ratcliffe
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