Essays on writing

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Why I Write →

The Upside of Losing →
Humiliations of a B List Writer

The Art of the Short Story →

The Addictive Alchemy of Books →

On Being an Ex-Pat Writer →

Ten Weeks that Shook the Garden →

A Day in the Life of a Writer →
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Confessions of a Binge Writer

Freight Trains and Fiction →

Forays into Memoir →

Dear Much Much Much Younger Self: →

The Classic Book I’d like to Rewrite →