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John Knight

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John Knight is a freelance writer and the managing editor of Once Magazine in San Francisco. He lives on a sailboat.
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John Knight: The Last Book I Loved, The Best of Roald Dahl

  • John Knight
  • December 28, 2010
There are too many good writers for me to keep track of so, mostly for the sake of convenience, I categorize them: Koontz writes thrillers, Franzen does literature, King fills…
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Depressed Creativity? Sort Of.

  • John Knight
  • October 25, 2010
When Martin Heidegger wrote his gargantuan Magnus opus, Being and Time, he posited that it was Angst, the fundamental human condition, that brought us into the most authentic relationship with…
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Febos and Marcus on Memiorville

  • John Knight
  • October 5, 2010
In this conversation, Melissa Febos makes a good point: What’s great about writers talking with writers is that they talk about writing.
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John Knight: The Last Book I Loved, Eros the Bittersweet

  • John Knight
  • September 20, 2010
You’ve got to be good to write about love. You’ve got to be really good. Most of the time, when love is the task, a writer just gets carried away recycling…
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The Creative Impulse: A Duet of Sorts

  • John Knight
  • September 20, 2010
There is a romantic idea that great genius emanates from the tower. The novelist, the philosopher, the architect, all retreat to their places of solitude to channel their minds and…
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