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3 hours ago

2025 Amazon Canada Shortlisted Youth Short Stories | The Walrus

Canadian youth demonstrate strong short-story talent, with Vicky Zhu winning $5,000 for 'Suzanne' and five shortlisted authors each receiving $500.
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fromThe Walrus
3 hours ago

"Suzanne" | The Walrus

An absent albatross and a pale, eroding seaside house mirror loss, solitude, and creative observation through memory and quiet domestic moments.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Tell us your unusual name and how it has shaped your life

What's in a name? As people such as Peach, Riot and Aquaman have found, it can change your life for the better, or worse. With this in mind, we would like to hear from people with unusual names about how it affects others' perceptions of you. How has your name shaped your life? Share your experience You can tell us about how your name has shaped your life using this form.
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fromDefector
1 day ago

The Crossword, Nov. 17: The Struggle Is Real | Defector

Mat Holmes constructed a Defector crossword inspired by his longtime co-solver Hazel; Defector crosswords publish weekly with AVCX, which offers subscriptions.
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fromTravel + Leisure
1 day ago

This Charming Catskills Ski Town Is Almost Unrecognizable-Here's What's New

Windham has shifted from a modest Catskills hamlet to an upscale, gentrified destination combining luxury amenities with deep-rooted local family history.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they're searching for stability in a chaotic age | Siri Christiansen

Hail Thor! The priestess and her heathens, standing in a circle, raised their mead-filled horns. We were gathered in an unassuming spot in a pine forest outside Stockholm. This was our temple, and the large, mossy stone before us was our altar. I was relieved to see that the animal-based sacrificial offerings were long-dead and highly processed. A bearded man reached his tattooed arms into his backpack and raised a red, horseshoe-shaped sausage to the sky.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Five Stories That Aren't What They Seem

Gripping accounts trace disappearances and elaborate cons from mysterious beginnings to surprising outcomes, highlighting deception, victim resilience, and unexpected paths to justice.
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fromwww.thelocal.de
4 days ago

Seven German-language books newly translated into English to read this autumn

A selection of recent German-language books translated into English across genres, including climate fiction, identity explorations, and works set in Switzerland and Austria.
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fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

Is "Six Seven" Really Brain Rot?

Children worldwide adopt and repeat nonsensical internet phrases like "six seven," showing how viral content and "brain rot" spread as playful social behavior and distraction.
#poetry
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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

The Art of the Profile

Five New Yorker staff writers and the executive editor appeared onstage at the 26th New Yorker Festival in New York City, presenting conversations and performances.
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time

To be honest, people are saying "honestly" all the time. According to the Corpus of Historical American English, a database that measures word usage over time, the use of "honestly" has skyrocketed over the last 25 years. Not just in casual conversation: It's a signifier of online authenticity. "Honestly" is the name of the podcast by CBS News' new editor Bari Weiss, the title of a 2022 studio album by Drake, the name of a new AI journaling app and appended to a number of popular TikTok and Instagram accounts.
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fromGOBankingRates
1 week ago

I Asked ChatGPT the Best Side Hustle You Can Do From Home in 2025: Here's What It Said

According to a survey conducted by Self.com earlier this year, 45% of Americans have a side hustle, with 10.5% of side hustlers noting that they earn over $1,000 monthly from their gigs. The survey also found that the average side hustle brings in $688 per month and that the highest proportion of those with a side hustle (36.2%) spend five to 10 hours per month on their side gig.
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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Century Hall Fire, a Memory

A sudden nighttime fire destroyed Century Hall, evoking immediate shock, grief, and memories tied to the therapy clinic housed there.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

This Poem About Monet's Water Lilies Reflects on the Powers and Limits of Art

A specific artwork can offer profound solace and luminous transcendence amid pervasive public horrors and ambient dread.
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fromThe Walrus
1 week ago

Imaginary Breakfast with Real People | The Walrus

Immigrant workers face limited low-wage jobs, degrading cleaning work, and persistent longing for homeland amid isolation and economic hopelessness.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

Why your writing practice is failing

A lightweight routine of daily morning pages, constant physical note-taking, and monthly collation produces abundant raw ideas and sustains consistent creative output.
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fromFuncheap
1 week ago

How Video Games Can Inspire Writing with Gene Yang

Interactive character-writing workshop and book signing offering attendees a chance to design video game characters; free and open to the public at 849 Valencia Street.
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fromNature
1 week ago

Anosophoros

An exiled nanobiotechnologist flees into a post-collapse wasteland with her lab rat companion, choosing survival and loyalty over family approval.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 weeks ago

Remembering Ralph 'Vinnie' DeSerio, martial arts coach and plumber for Berkeley school district

Ralph Vincent DeSerio III lived an adventurous, literary, and spiritually rigorous life marked by lifelong learning, martial arts, and enduring creative friendships.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

"The World Was All Before Them"

Intimate touch sacralizes the body, blending erotic longing with vulnerability and an acceptance that the beloved will ultimately depart.
#daily-quizzes
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Are your kids obsessed with 6-7'? Here's my plan to break the spell | Dave Schilling

The viral numeric string 6-7 serves as a meaningless, provocative signal of in-group membership that deliberately annoys older generations.
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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Why We Resist Healing Through Writing

Writing prompts and journaling can help people reconnect with personal stories and foster healing of emotional and physical well-being.
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Coyote

Once they came down only at dark from the canyons. Now they trot out bold in daylight on sunlit pavement. Still, if you move close, they vanish fast into shadows under the freeway, blocks from the ocean. Up beyond the flammable mansions on over- built lots, where they once burrowed safe, gave birth to ravenous young. Now they watch under scaffolding swinging above sliding foundations. Near the homeless tarps, scattered fires.
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fromAcm
3 weeks ago

The Memory Exchange

A service lets people sell cherished memories for money and later repurchase them, trading recollection for immediate funds while risking permanent loss and psychological harm.
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fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

Document360 Global Writers Awards: Celebrating the Elite of Technical Writing

The Document360 Global Writers Awards recognize 50 documentation professionals worldwide for exceptional clarity, usability, and impact in product knowledge and onboarding.
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fromJuxtapoz
2 weeks ago
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Juxtapoz Magazine - Jennifer Packer "Dead Letter" @ Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, NYC

Art and poetry can preserve memory of Black women caregivers, using precise, observant language to honor, witness, and resist erasure.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
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Under the stuff I can't throw out is the stuff my parents couldn't throw out': novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home

A childhood garage wall painting of a woman in a kimono triggers memory, family history, and reflections on deterioration and mortality.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
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Under the stuff I can't throw out is the stuff my parents couldn't throw out': novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home

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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

A new fund will route millions to the literary arts

Seven philanthropic foundations created the Literary Arts Fund to provide at least $50 million in grants to nonprofit literary organizations over five years.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career

Imagine that you knew nothing about me, that you had arrived from another planet, perhaps, and had been given my books to read, and you had never heard my name or been told anything about my life or about the attack on The Satanic Verses in 1989. Then, if you read my books in chronological order, I don't believe you would find yourself thinking, Something calamitous happened to this writer's life in 1989.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Scaring my kids is really fun but it's also how I teach them to navigate a dangerous world | Christian White

She could have told me the truth, that the paint was graffiti. Instead, she told me the rocks were a species of monster called bloodsuckers, and that at night they came alive to eat children who were foolish enough to stray outside after dark. I believed her with all my heart. Why wouldn't I? She was my nan!
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fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

Older Adults Are Sharing The "Old-Fashioned" Beliefs From The Past That Are Considered Wild Now

Many things have changed over the decades, including social norms, beliefs, and practices. In fact, some things that were considered normal back then probably wouldn't be viewed as acceptable now, and older adults from the BuzzFeed Community know all about them. Here are some "old-fashioned" beliefs from the past that would now be seen as "wild": 1. "In the late '70s to early '80s, if a child had an earache, parents would just blow cigarette smoke into their ear. Drinking during pregnancy was normalized, too!" - brandielitchfield
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fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

10 Spine-Chilling Stories That Will Make Your Skin Crawl

A crematory malfunction caused a corpse to flip inside the oven, briefly revealing a glowing, grinning skull through the chamber window.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Dictionary.com reveals '67' is its 2025 Word of the Year

Dictionary.com selected "67" as the 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting rapid brainrot slang adoption and youth-driven online trends.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Ken Jennings Talks with Tyler Foggatt

Ken Jennings won 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games, earned over $2.5 million, and became a widely recognized television champion.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Nathan Blum on Education, Inside and Outside the Classroom

Present-tense narration conveys immediacy and uncertainty, allowing non-inevitable, offstage climaxes and varied story forms to feel immediate and plausible.
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fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Irish authors on writing sex scenes: 'The last thing you want to do is describe a mechanical act - it's not an instruction manual'

Effective sex scenes rely on character-driven emotional truth, precise sensory detail, clear consent, and avoidance of clichés to serve story and reveal complex relationships.
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fromMedium
4 weeks ago

The writing is the design

Adopt a clear strategy that aligns team focus, prioritizes user needs, and guides language and design choices to achieve measurable product and business goals.
fromBustle
4 weeks ago

For Susan Orlean, The Best Writing Starts With "A Cold Dread"

"The stories that are most rewarding are often the ones that really fill you with a cold dread as you begin, because you're inventing something that doesn't lean into a template," the New Yorker staff writer tells Bustle. "It requires a lot more imagination, and I think it's perfectly natural to stop and think 'I could have just done this the easy way. Why didn't I?'"
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fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Speak the Truth as We See It

Confronting painful family history requires truthful acknowledgment despite denial, protection of reputations, and the temptation to construct comforting narratives.
fromianVisits
4 weeks ago

Poems on the Underground's autumnal season of verse

This autumn, down in tunnels where London's stories flow, TfL is sharing poems as the colder breezes blow. For four short weeks, six voices will accompany your ride, From Hungary, New Zealand, Africa, and far and wide. Sheenagh Pugh brings Days of November, racing to get things done, While Janet Frame reminds us that we strain beneath the sun. Katalin Szlukovényi writes of crowds and modern ties, Pressed close on busy networks where our tangled worlds collide. For history and remembrance, two poems
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fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago

What Would You Do With a Charabanc?

You wanted more quizzes, and we've delivered! Now you can test your wits every day of the week. Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique questions on a specific topic. At the end of the quiz, you'll be able to compare your score with that of the average contestant, and Slate Plus members can see how they stack up on our leaderboard. Share your score with friends and compete to see who's the brainiest.
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fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

The Secret Power of Seeing Your Life as a Story

Reframing life as a story with oneself as protagonist reveals meaning, uncovers strengths, and enables growth by changing the meaning of events.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Sam Lipsyte on Fan Fiction and Authenticity

Rick treats fan fiction as legitimate artistic conversation, using Charles in Charge to express his literary vision while separating that from his A.I. therapy work.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Spirituality isn't rigid dogma. It's a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world | Shadi Khan Saif

When I was leaving London for Melbourne, my eldest sister-in-law told her kids not to forget the tradition to throw a bowl of water behind me as I stepped out the door. Just a small splash on the ground, a gesture older than borders. La har azaab po aman se, she whispered in Pashto under her breath may all hardship stay away from you. The little ones giggled and waved their goodbyes as they spilled the water, somewhere between shy and amused.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

David Grann on St. Clair McKelway's "Old Eight Eighty"

It seemed no more than a curious footnote-a counterfeiter so outlandishly inept that his forged dollar bills were detectable even at a casual glance. Nearly all were emblazoned with a telltale flaw: the name of America's first President was spelled "Wahsington." The scammer, who operated in the New York area from 1938 to 1948, was known to the often exasperated agents of the U.S. Secret Service as No. 880, for the number of his case file.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Warning signs

If you are reading this, your world is in grave danger. Touch nothing. Take no samples. Leave this place immediately. Destroy everything you have brought here, and never return. We have left this message in stone, in every language we have ever known, to stop a horrible threat. Heed these words, even though you do not want to. "What does it say?" "Beats me." "Isn't language supposed to be a big subject for a linguistics specialist?"
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Value of a Firm, Clear No

I have never been good at saying "no." My default response to invitations, favors, and requests of any kind is "Totally!" "Absolutely!" or the most self-betraying of all, "Can't wait!" I will agree to lunch when I am drowning in deadlines. I will volunteer when I am already exhausted. Then I spend the next week rearranging my life to accommodate a yes I did not mean.
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fromHer Campus
1 month ago

Ditching the Algorithm: A New Form of Social Media

Substack offers a laid-back, authentic newsletter platform prioritizing long-form content, niche communities, and direct creator-reader connections over algorithm-driven social media.
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fromZDNET
1 month ago

10 ChatGPT prompt tricks I use - to get the best results, faster

Include specific context, goals, constraints, and examples in ChatGPT prompts to receive more focused, relevant, and actionable responses.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hekate by Nikita Gill review the ancient Greek goddess works magic in this retelling

Hekate is portrayed as a traumatised, guiding goddess of witchcraft, necromancy, boundaries, and crossroads whose powers alienate Olympus and who seeks love and belonging.
fromPortland Monthly
1 month ago

Ursula K. Le Guin's Son Recommends 5 of Her Books

"Her voice is as familiar to me as my own," says Theo Downes-Le Guin, youngest child of hugely influential Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin. "That voice is inside my head while I'm reading." Most aren't so fortunate, even if they feel at home in Le Guin's Earthsea and Hainish universes. Before her death in 2018, Le Guin was unanimously regarded as the leading light of American science fiction.
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fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

On not letting go of the past - High Country News

A nostalgic Wyoming town with few escalators contrasts old-fashioned hobbies and values with children's technological fluency and students' preference for dystopian speculative fiction.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Your Creative Alter Ego

Developing an alter ego bypasses fear of judgment and perfectionism, enabling playful, uninhibited creative expression and risk-taking.
fromDefector
1 month ago

The Annotated History Of A Slur | Defector

That meant I had access to the Consolidated Files: 16 million three-by-five slips of paper, known as citations, or "cits"-pronounced sites -with examples of word usage culled for more than a century from newspapers, magazines, academic publications, trade journals, contemporary fiction, advertisements, radio transcripts, television shows, annual reports, government reports, cereal boxes, photo captions, comic strips, seed catalogs, restaurant menus, car manuals, airline tickets, you name it.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Aysegul Savas on the Space Between Imagination and Reality

A younger novelist forms a complex friendship with an older figure and his wife, revealing dynamics between imagination, reality, and generational mentorship.
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fromClickUp
1 month ago

Free Essay Outline Templates for Structured and Effective Writing

Use a solid essay outline template to organize introduction, thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion for clearer, faster, and more effective essay writing.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Fans Who Made 'Alchemised' a Hit

When I tell people about the new novel I just finished, the first thing they ask is whether it's sexy. The question is understandable: The book, SenLinYu's Alchemised, is a romance novel adapted from the author's own Harry Potter fan fiction, and both genres are known for featuring sex-leading to the common assumption that their readers are seeking explicit scenes. But Alchemised is not particularly erotic.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Nobel prize in literature 2025 is announced live

But if you talk to people in the publishing industry, you'll also hear a few names that aren't riding high with the bookies, such as Swiss Popliteratur novelist Christian Kracht, whose Eurotrash was longlisted for the International Booker this year. Australian novelist Gerald Murnane has been a perennial bookies' favourite, but if the prize goes to Down Under, some suggest it's more likely to be awarded to Aboriginal writer Alexis Wright instead.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Stay true to yourself and fly closer to the sun': what I've learned from 50 years of rejection

Acceptance of repeated rejection develops with time, perspective, and persistence, allowing setbacks to be shrugged off.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

5 days, 5 bodies of water: A soul-awakening swimming challenge in the California wild

Immersing in different wild bodies of water over five days eased grief and rekindled connection to the coast.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Poem of the week: To a Lady that Desired I Would Love Her by Thomas Carew

Now you have freely given me leave to love, What will you doe? Shall I your mirth, or passion move, When I begin to wooe; Will you torment, or scorn, or love me too? Each petty beauty can disdain, and I Spight of your hate Without your leave can see, and dye; Dispense a nobler Fate! 'Tis easy to destroy, you may create.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Research Identifies the Right Way to Write

Handwriting, orthographic knowledge, fine motor skills, and early sensory-social experiences shape brain development and foundational literacy and attention outcomes in children.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Alison Bechdel, cartoonist: We've gotten so polarized in the United States that we're unable to see each other's humanity'

A graphic novel explores artistic success, the compromises of capitalism and aging ideals, and the difficulty of concentrating amid modern political and media overload.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

These Are the Wildest, Juiciest Poems You'll Ever Read

Forget about apples and oranges nothing rhymes with orange anyway. Never mind those plums that William Carlos Williams sneaked from the icebox. The most poetic fruit of all is the blackberry. Not the mushy sugar bombs packed into plastic clamshells at the supermarket. Those are insipid, bland, prosaic. I mean the ragged, spicy volunteers that grow untended at the edge of a meadow or the side of a road. The kind you go out and pick in late summer or early fall. You'd be amazed at how many of those end up in poems.
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frombeehiiv Blog
1 month ago

The Best Website Builder for Authors in 2025

Authorship requires claiming and sharing work via a reliable platform; beehiiv simplifies audience growth, monetization, and site maintenance for authors.
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fromJezebel
1 month ago

Ready to Be Freaked Out? It's Scary Story Contest Time!

Submit true, frightening real-life stories in October via comments; no AI, brevity preferred, winners published after judging.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI now it's stealing my em dashes too

Em dashes are being treated as signs of AI, forcing writers to remove them and alter natural punctuation, risking personal style and grammatical loss.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Dear James: How Do You Keep the Writerly Fire Alive?

A few years ago (partly inspired by you), I started composing odes to my favorite drinks and dishes in Colorado. After more than a dozen years working on another project, in which I wrote long-form, navel-gazing essays about being a single father, this seemed like a fun and sustainable way to keep my writing chops in fighting trim while sharing my love for Denver's gems. My goal was to publish one short, impactful, overwrought piece a week.
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fromCreative Bloq
1 month ago

How the MCM Comic Con Scholarship can unlock your creative career

The MCM Comic Con Scholarship provides travel, accommodation, a £500 grant, workshops, networking and mentoring to help emerging writers and illustrators access creative-industry opportunities.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Letter That Rewired My Brain

Expressing gratitude through writing rewires the brain, reduces stress, improves health, heals emotional wounds, and strengthens relationships even if letters remain unsent.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A friend's advice to cut my tortured prose unlocked my career as a novelist | Andrew Martin

Removing unnecessary words clarifies language, transforming awkward phrases into elegant, plausible expression and enabling creative possibility.
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fromDefector
1 month ago

The Crossword, Sept. 29: Miss Her, Kiss Her, Love Her (Themeless) | Defector

A challenging themeless crossword by Amie Walker features tricky clues, playful wordplay, and marks her Defector debut; Defector crosswords run every Monday.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Amarillo Boulevard," by David Wright Falade

A Juneteenth backyard reunion reveals family dynamics, cultural ritual, and Jean's discomfort as her fiancé navigates intense scrutiny in an unchanged, symbol-laden home.
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fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

The Hajj: performing Islam's most significant pilgrimage

Hajj culminates on the Plain of Arafat where pilgrims must be present at sunset on the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah to seek forgiveness.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

My Teacher Thought She'd Busted Me for Plagiarism

Early discouragement and public humiliation over plagiarism did not stop sustained creative ambition and eventual improvement.
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fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Ananta | Gameplay Trailer

A new captain arrives in Nova City to manage a collapsed company, viral backlash from a chaotic traffic incident, unfamiliar surroundings, and difficult days ahead.
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fromESPN.com
1 month ago

'Beyond my wildest dreams': Keegan Bradley's journey from the slopes in Vermont to Ryder Cup captain

Keegan Bradley practiced on Bethpage Black's Short Course with St. John's teammates, often barred from finishing holes 15–18 yet cherishing the rare, surreal access.
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fromhttps://daniel.feldroy.com
1 month ago

Over Twenty Years of Writing Tools

Over twenty years of online publishing used many platforms; hosted services caused content loss, prompting a preference for Markdown files in Git repositories for preservation.
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Snapp Shots: Here's another interesting story for the readers. Mine.

I just passed a notable anniversary. It's been 40 years since I started writing this column. I had been doing scut work at local radio and television stations, waiting for the big break that looked like it was never going to come, when the Oakland Tribune hired me to be its gossip columnist. Only one hitch: I hated gossip. It's so negative, and it's all about celebrities; and the only thing they're usually famous for is being famous.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'll admit it; I've become a late-in-life semicolon lover | Arwa Mahdawi

Is there any punctuation mark more divisive than the humble semicolon? It has, I'll admit, some strong competition. The use of exclamation marks (particularly by women) makes some people very excitable. The Oxford comma has sparked vigorous debate among friends, family and internet strangers. More recently, ChatGPT's apparent proclivity for the em dash has caused consternation among em-thusiasts, who are terrified they'll be accused of using AI.
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fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Dear ChatGPT: Words Matter - Above the Law

Relying solely on AI risks losing distinctive phrasing and stylistic choices that attract readership and make writing memorable.
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fromPoynter
1 month ago

Yes, clever headlines still matter - Poynter

Playful, well-crafted headlines using wordplay capture readers' attention, strengthen reader bonds, and are celebrated through professional headline contests.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

New books this week: Tales from Ian McEwan and Patricia Lockwood, and new translations

New releases include high-profile, unsettling works by Ian McEwan and Patricia Lockwood, international translations by Annie Ernaux and Yoko Tawada, and Kiran Desai's 20-year novel.
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fromInc
1 month ago

Mark Manson Used the 4-Hour Rule to Write a Bestseller. Science Says It's the Secret to Doing Great Work

Focused, shorter work sessions that prioritize quality over sheer hours produce better creative results than long daily grinding.
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fromFast Company
1 month ago

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine on launching a new app and turning around a 13-year losing streak

Medium reached profitability by prioritizing expert-focused writers, growing paid subscriptions, and launching an AI-enabled, design-forward writing app called TK.
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fromwww.esquire.com
1 month ago

Kaweco Sport Review 2025The Best Fountain Pen Under $50

Kaweco Sport fountain pen combines historic, compact 1935 design and tactile pleasure with cartridge convenience, offering refined writing despite practical drawbacks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

In his studio, Sam Winston appears less artist, more linguistic alchemist. He is experimenting with manufacturing inks out of tobacco from Marlboro cigarettes, the juice of Belarusian chokeberries imported in a 100g packet small enough to make it past customs and a strange brew of kohl eyeliner from the Middle East and galena the mineral form of lead sulfide from Wales.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Autocrat of English Usage

Henry W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage shaped The New Yorker's editorial judgments and became the magazine's principal reference for grammar and style.
fromMedium
3 years ago

A Self-Editing Checklist for the Exhausted Writer

Finishing a first draft is a brain-emptying venture. It's the activity of creation. If you're lucky, it carries a sense of being touched by the muse.
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fromMedium
4 years ago

How Have You Changed? | Write Here 7

Weekly writing prompts help unlock creativity; workshops provide deeper support for breaking writer's block.
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fromMedium
4 years ago

How Editors Choose the Personal Essays They Publish

Effective personal essays should evoke a strong emotional response, resonating with readers while also fitting publication criteria.
fromMedium
3 years ago

Stories Worth Bragging About

The poorest in society aren't worth saving; that was the article which broke me into Medium.
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