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how novelist Carolyn Prusa finds the humor and the heart in her characters' difficult marriage
creating complexity in a relationship, plus the hilarity of a hurricane evacuation with two small kids and a class pet in tow
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how poet and essayist Emily Mohn-Slate thinks like an archeologist to pull drafts out of her notebooks
using kind eyes and a rigorous process to turn freewriting into polished drafts
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how novelist and psychotherapist Yael Goldstein-Love uses her characters' psychology as a portal into writing
bringing the rich sensory experience of early motherhood into writing, plus nursing and let-down as "a kind of cosmic compass"
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how Wolfish author Erica Berry approaches research as "a deeply omnivorous act"
Cornell boxes, citation as conversation, and free association as a starting point for writing and research
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how sculptor Ruth Shafer transforms feelings into art
an interview with artist Ruth Shafer about "sticky, intimate feelings" in art and the therapeutic value of tedious work, plus a brain warming pattern…
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