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Jay Parini’s observation that regular, daily writing is highly effective is consistent with the observations of a number of well-known writers (“The Considerable Satisfaction of 2 Pages a Day,” The ...

Many years ago I heard some marvelous advice from the co-director of the UCLA Writing Project, Jane Hancock, about choosing the right words. She was speaking of prose, but I think it’s extra-good ...

Wendell Berry’s instructions to rural writers to move back home for renewed artistic inspiration and fulfillment has been followed nearly to the point of cliché. The Kentucky poet, who is the urban ...

Daily, we are bombarded with media messages promising quick-fix solutions to transform our lives — attached to expensive course offerings, dietary supplements, and exercise plan enrollments — all of ...