Sitemap - 2022 - A Writer's Notebook

Happy New Year!

Book Recs: My Life as a Godard Movie by Joanna Walsh

Art Mystery Euphoria

Ghosts, Again

Fanny Blanc: The Courtesan Model Who Wasn't

The Fever

A Quick Note

A November Essay Camp

Leaf News

24-30. Filling In The Notebook

23. Preparing For The Sprint

22. Jasmine Flowers and Vanilla Ice Cream

21. Brute Force

20. Alone in the City at Night

19. The Lovers on the Bridge

18. Edvard Munch

17. The Lovers

16. Sketchbook Pages

15. The Lost Art of Rest

14. Edvard Munch, Take 2: Foiled Again!

13. Kehinde Wiley at the Musée d'Orsay

12. The Confused Chestnut Tree

11. Greengage Season

10. Hello Again

9. False Start.

8. A Day Off

7. Acceptance

6. End Art Shame

5. Invisible Ducks (A Short Craft Essay)

4. Postcard From the Desert

3. The First Was That I Was Very Busy

2. Sex and Memories, Rendered in Green

1. Three Days in May

The 30-Day Notebook Challenge

Adrift In The Cosmic Microwave Background

The Wild

Sketchbook Pages

More Privacy and a Good Coat

I Would Like My Brain Back, Please

The Red Boat

La Canicule

In The Midst of Madness, This Portrait of a Belgian Noblewoman

"Covid Herd Immunity"

Not Yet a God of Even the Palest Flowers

The Litter and the Lily Pads

The Violence of the Moment

Hello

Essay Camp Day 5—Part 2

Essay Camp Update 2

Essay Camp Day 5—Part 1

Essay Camp Day 4

Essay Camp Update

Essay Camp Day 3

Essay Camp Day 2

Essay Camp Day 1

Essay Camp: A Reading List

The Five Things Essay

Essay Camp Starts Monday!

My First Essay for Aeon+Psyche

How (Not) To Get A Book Deal

The raffle winners are in!

Sketchbook Pages

Notebook Giveaway

Essay Camp: A May Write-Along

Friday Discussion Thread: Writing Talismans

A Quick Note About Stuff

"Noisy Insignificance"

The 9 Biggest Myths About Nonfiction Trade Publishing, Debunked

Happy Baskets with Stuff In Them Day

How To Be An Art Monster

Joan Brown

Kafka Can't Write Either

The DIY Writing Residency

Cough Like A French Girl

Testing, Testing

A Soupçon of Pneumonia

The Dream Owl

Oleanders

Calling In Sick

Blue Hour Study

Still Life with Daffodils and Books

30. The Last Page

29. A Note From Me

28. Art and War

27. Doing The Thing

26. Failing Better

25. Vladimir

24. Dislocation, Part 2

23. Dislocation

22. Hi From 37,000 Feet Above The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone

21. Everything, All The Time, So Much

20. The Best-laid Plans

19. Against Catastrophe Fetishism

18. A Little Art Mystery of Sorts (Bazille, Again)

17. David Hockney's iPad

16. A Blue Like That

15. Introducing Discussion Threads

14. Where Does Art "Happen?"

13. The Texture of Wartime Monet

12. Guillermo del Toro Talks Film and Painting

11. Jean-Philippe Delhomme

10. February Reads

9. Who Was Maria l'Antillaise?

8. The Peculiar Sadness of Early Spring

7. Posing Nude

6. Sketchbook Pages

5. The Seine at Night

4. Frédéric Bazille's Polka Dot Dresses

3. The Paris Flea Market

2. The Atmosphere Advances

1. Essay Camp Mini, and Another 30-Day "Notebook"

Some Personal News: A Writer's Notebook is "Going Pro"

Day 30: The Last Page

Day 29: Does The Moon Dream of Icarus?

Day 28: January Reads

Day 27: Sex and Monsters

Day 26: Sketchbook Pages

Day 25: Sheila Heti, Oulipo, and the Tenderness of the Found Rough Draft

Day 24: In Praise of Not Paying Attention

Day 23: Write Like A Savings Account

Day 22: A Day Off

Day 21: A Brasserie of Artists

Day 20: Lesser Gods of Lakewood, PA

Day 19: Writing Advice from Annie Dillard

Day 18: A Note From My Dad

Day 17: Amy, My Robot Collaborator

Day 16: A Signature Scent

Day 15: Midpoint

Day 14: Read This

Day 13: The Beautiful American

Day 12: Hi from Seattle

A Correction!

Day Eleven: Blue Nights

Day Ten: Don't Paint What You Don't See

Day Nine: Alice Guy

Day Eight: Impressionists on Film

Day Seven: Just Okay

Day Six: The Magazine Aisle

Day Five: The Poet