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Saying Goodbye to the Tumbleweed's Rabbit-in-Chief
It's okay to mourn losses of any size. That's how you know your heart still works.
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Jenny Shank
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Having a Monday: What I Learned from Being a Mom about Nurturing Creativity in Other People
The "no quit" rule that builds the requisite discipline for artistry, a new novel I loved, and literary activity galore.
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Jenny Shank
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How One Power Outage Revealed My Lack of Apocalypse Preparation
What last weekend's planned power outage in Colorado taught me about my lack of end-time preparation & how I'm going to settle all literary beefs by…
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Jenny Shank
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I Went to the Nicki Minaj Concert and Found Another City
Breaking out of your demographic bubble to renew creativity, insulting spam emails, and new books and writing happenings.
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Jenny Shank
My One Weird Trick for a Surefire Pick-Me-Up
Saving one book by your favorite author for a rainy day, Louise Erdrich stans are now called LouLous, and announcing my selections for the Southwest…
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Jenny Shank
Winter Brrr Edition: What I Once Did for a Klondike Bar
How I nearly won wads of cash for almost catching an ice cream bar dropped from a crane, two new novels to recommend, and some exciting winter events…
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Jenny Shank
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The Second Annual Jenfolk Book Awards
On behalf of all Jenkind, I bestow flowers upon books I loved this year and look ahead to some publications on the horizon for next year.
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Jenny Shank
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Every month The Tumbleweed blows in with inspiration, thoughts on art, writing, and creativity, book recommendations, and assorted whimsy.
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