After the conceptual artist Christo died in early June, something arresting from his obituary stayed with me. “[Christo’s] works took years to create, were easy to grasp, and hard to…
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The nationwide protests affirm that Black Lives Matter. The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, each taken alone, and all taken together, are devastating. Three lives lost…
Read moreWe are enraged at the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. As Chicagoans, we know the human cost of the discrepancy between police power and…
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Writing exercises aren’t universal. They are circumstantial, strategic. In general, there are two categories of writing exercise: closed, and open-ended. Closed Exercises: Let’s say you are trying to write while…
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Scrivener is a popular writing software. It offers foldering, duplication, notes, tags, bookmarks, metadata, integration of research materials, link archival, and easy export. It offers a lot. And it can…
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