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The Permission Workbook: Writing About the Dead
Is it ever okay? Also, some craft thoughts on Elizabeth Gilbert's All the Way to the River
Sep 24 • Elissa Altman
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What does it mean, say the words, that the earth is beautiful?*
Thoughts on this glimmering, dangerous world.
Sep 19 • Elissa Altman
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listen privately, silently to the voices that rise up*
The mundanity of carrots when your world has you spinning.
Sep 11 • Elissa Altman
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The Permission Workbook: On Revenge Writing
(A Bad Idea)
Sep 10 • Elissa Altman
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the length of her nails
It is Not Normal to Cling This Tightly
Sep 6 • Elissa Altman
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a list for the changing weather
Some things I thought you might enjoy. [RECIPES]
Sep 1 • Elissa Altman
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The Permission Workbook: The Saga of Aunt Doris and the Chicken
On the Risk of Pissing People Off and Learning to Live with It
Aug 27 • Elissa Altman
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beauty is the language of care*
On Finding the Tiny Corners of Peace After Being Hit By A Bicycle Messenger
Aug 20 • Elissa Altman
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all public poems of grief are private poems first*
The Quiet Sorrows of Our Daily Lives
Aug 17 • Elissa Altman
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The Permission Workbook: Why do you want to write The Story?
On Creative Reasoning
Aug 13 • Elissa Altman
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a blue comma on the map of the world
On Being in Provincetown Thirty-Seven Years Later
Aug 5 • Elissa Altman
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on the noise of August
Running and Doing and List-Making [RECIPE]
Aug 2 • Elissa Altman
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