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Make/Work Episode 17: Brett Fletcher Lauer
In Episode 17 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with writer Brett Fletcher Lauer.
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Sound & Vision: Nate Duval
Designer and illustrator Nate Duval talks to Allyson McCabe about how he started creating concert posters, what it was like to break into the field, and where he sees it going next.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “For You” by Jim Moore
Suddenly I understood more deeply what the end of the poem means, when the speaker knows his decisions will change his life, but still has no idea what else may come as a result.
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Against Everything
The mountains of Alabama are small mountains—foothills, really—but they are mine like a sports team is mine—like a football game (which I have for so long been near but have not really, really seen) is mine—as in the phrase “We…
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TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #247
MARSHMALLOWS ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing marshmallows.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Dylan Landis
Write what’s in your heart, not what’s in your head. Write from the basement, not from the living room. Write from the places that make you afraid.
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THE LAST BOOK I LOVED: KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE
Is it wrong to have ideas? This is the central question at the heart of Kingfishers.
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Beyond the Wishes of the Genie: Remembering Robin Williams
Williams is not free to “see the world” with a little brown suitcase in hand nor is he free to miss Aladdin or anyone else.
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Albums of Our Lives: Death Cab For Cutie’s Transatlanticism
When I heard Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism it was the first time I remember seeing sounds, understanding stories told to me set to music.


