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My New Year's reading recommendation: Jeff Tweedy's songwriting book is a guide to the broader creative process for nearly anybody.
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Lifelong creativity: ‘A Complete Unknown’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘other things’
As a movie, how does it feel? Pretty great. But "A Complete Unknown" also evokes thoughts of what it means to stay creative long after the first flush…
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Listen up: How many of my top 10 albums of 2024 have you heard?
No. 1 hails from Down Under, and I daresay all of my favorites love to blur genres. When it comes to music, hard to classify can mean easy to love.
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The formula for Substack success from the example of Heather Cox Richardson
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Laughter, groans, and 'amen': Liz Cheney leads a cathartic bipartisan revival in Des Moines.
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The Val Air roars back to life as its own main attraction
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What 1 horrible story from New York says about why we start spreading the news
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Happy New Year to the entire Iowa Writers' Collaborative family
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The ballad of Byron's: Solid foundations besides brick
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What 1 horrible story from New York says about why we start spreading the news
Dwelling on why several grim seconds on a sidewalk have driven so many headlines
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Turkey Day is one thing (sometimes two) we all can agree on
Yes, even Thanksgiving reminds us we're a nation in constant flux and contention. If you need to take out your anger, how about pumpkin baseball instead…
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Should political endorsements end or endure in newsrooms?
I don’t see political endorsements as magic vitamin pills for a robust democracy.
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Walking down to the voting booth
Grab a slice of breakfast pizza and consider the diverging fortunes of urban and rural.
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Essential minerals, English rock stars, and the Philly debate
Our green future needs lithium, Oasis wants your ticket money, and the Sept. 10 presidential debate demands everybody's attention.
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Your head still spinning from the historic swirl of summer 2024?
The last two months have been a dizzying blur of shifting political realities and possibilities.
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175 years of news, revving up a new newsletter, and the benefits of a childlike mind
Three items arguably worth your time: an article by me, a new Substack from an Iowa Writers Collaborative colleague, and a podcast interview from…
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