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september

September 30 – Eric Stoltz gets a characters study

September 30	– Eric Stoltz gets a characters study

Even being a famous, popular rich guy, you still have the wherewithal to pin this Horace Greeley quote to your Twitbox: “Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character.” And

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September 29 – Kevin Durant gets a skeptical critique of an uncredible critic

September 29	– Kevin Durant gets a skeptical critique of an uncredible critic

“The Chicago Tribune says it’s the most original film of the year!” No it doesn’t. Michael Phillips does. A single person who happened to get a job or an assignment from the paper does. The blurbs are intended to lend

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September 28 – Annie Clark gets overexposed

September 28 – Annie Clark gets overexposed

You don’t become a musician for the money. You become a musician because your love of music collides with practice, taste, hard work, expertise, originality, community. Learning how to play instruments, conspiring with your friends, capturing euphoria in the sound,

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September 27 – Marc Maron gets a list of podcasts on my phone

September 27	– Marc Maron gets a list of podcasts on my phone

Casting a pod from your garage gave you your second wind on a calm day. You get interesting people to willingly open up about their lives and struggles and successes and idiosyncrasies and complexities, and this minimizes the chasms we’ve

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September 26 – Serena Williams gets an old one, unwittingly titled in parallel with a friend’s song

September 26 – Serena Williams gets an old one, unwittingly titled in parallel with a friend’s song

It startles me awake. Unmistakable. Your smile assures me I am not wrong. The sound of water trickling down to earth. We know what this means. The wells will fill up, the crops will sprout, we will be fine. We

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September 25 – Mark Hamill gets the story submitted and subsequently rejected, prompting yesterday’s piece

September 25	– Mark Hamill gets the story submitted and subsequently rejected, prompting yesterday’s piece

[Author’s note: Today’s message was supposed to be the actual story written and rejected from the Arts and Letters Awards, the one that spurred yesterday’s piece. And normally I don’t mind releasing work from years ago, even if I can

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September 24 – Nia Vardalos gets the first and last sections of a story curated for a judgy audience

September 24	– Nia Vardalos gets the first and last sections of a story curated for a judgy audience

It’s been over four years since I last saw Mom. Two years ago we all found out she had cancer. I should have visited then. But I never had enough money to come home. And I couldn’t get the time

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September 23 – Ani DiFranco gets a repetitive issue impacting her hometown

September 23 – Ani DiFranco gets a repetitive issue impacting her hometown

There is a growing problem in upstate New York, and it is affecting its most important wild animals. Over the last several years, the region’s bison population has surged at a rapid rate, more than doubling over the last decade,

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September 22 – Joan Jett gets a collaborative sonnet by @iansmitty and an aigorithm

September 22 – Joan Jett gets a collaborative sonnet by @iansmitty and an aigorithm

Bending over Kendell’s highly secure questions. Step after the single take videos Cattle Productions What’s oreos? Cyril Sneer At least I’m not a fomophobaphobe The brewery in my bottle of beer Not wearing a bathrobe? Frizzy bits Him eat curry

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September 21 – Stephen King gets a false alarm at the wrong Jack Ennises’s

September 21	– Stephen King gets a false alarm at the wrong Jack Ennises’s

So John Lou is in his den having a snooze before dinner, with the TV on. He wakes up when he hears the sirens coming off a firetruck. So he jumps up and runs to the door to look out

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