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060: On Food Resilience
On gleaning and "putting food by" + Jean Craighead George, Wendell Berry, and Doodle Dispatches + keep scrolling for Brandon Taylor & The Austen…
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Jul 17
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049: What Do Writers Do All Day?
Graham Greene, the writing process, and what's next for SBB
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Feb 20
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056: A Hero is a Person Who Blunders into an Open Cave
It's been 2 years since I started this Substack and the weekly practice has brought some of the deepest truths home. Plus, a poem by Stephen Dunn, a…
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May 29
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001: Survival By Book
how this whole thing got started
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Jul 19, 2020
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046: Border Countries
Emily Ratajkowski, Michael Crichton, Scott Alexander, writing about yourself, and fun gift ideas for things you can't get on Amazon
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Nov 28, 2021
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040: What Does A Winner Look Like?
The Booker Prize, Penelope Fitzgerald and the perils of being a GOAT
Courtney Cook
Aug 1, 2021
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043: Working Girl
Muriel Spark's "A Far Cry from Kensington," the pitfalls of competency, PowerPoint, Slack, Word & other terrors, the loyalty of friends and colleagues…
Courtney Cook
Sep 15, 2021
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044: Mixtape
Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity," boys and boyishness, Brianna Joy Gray, finding our people, and why we should stop shaming men so much + Doodle Dispatches…
Courtney Cook
Sep 26, 2021
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048: "Not Quite Fresh:" On Truth in Broadcasting
Penelope Fitzgerald's "Human Voices" and the importance of independent journalism
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Jan 30
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In Amsterdam
Tim Winton's "The Riders" and a postcard from the city of canals, 'coffee houses,' stroopwafel, and the three saltires of St. Andrews
Courtney Cook
Oct 3, 2021
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058: On The Strong Female Lead
Elizabeth Held from "What to read if ...?" on how Sarah Dessen’s “This Lullaby” preached vulnerability long before Brené Brown
Courtney Cook
Jun 19
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059: Creativity Pt. 2 | Slow Down
Brian Rutenberg, remediating distraction, the benefits of a good night's sleep, and why we need love, art & beauty in addition to good work
Courtney Cook
Jul 10
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