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Oct

Crispin, Cazalet, California: What I Read in September 2024

Dear friends, I've long enjoyed the end-of-month reading round-ups that bookish people of my acquaintance like Harriet Evans
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26
Sep

One Of My Most Toxic Traits

Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.
4 min read
19
Sep

The Months-Long Kafkaesque Ordeal

Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.
4 min read
12
Sep

I Do Not Think It Very Nice

Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.
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12
Jun

The Post-Book Blues

Back at the bottom of the mountain again.
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07
Jun

Caroline's Day Off

In which I take the radical step of "not working all the time".
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14
Sep

what I know about getting books published

This is a post from my newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox here. I got to feel
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31
Aug

this is me trying

There is a story about Oscar Wilde that I was told in my first week as an undergraduate that I
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28
Dec

the five podcasts I actually listen to

If you had told me back in 2007, when approximately 30 per cent of all my waking hours were spent
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28
Dec

the process of reading as unconscious as breathing

I have really struggled with reading in the last six months. This week, I finally tidied up the windowsill next
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