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The Benefits of Late-Arriving Flowers
When late is better than early, actor Ke Huy Quan, novelist Min Jin Lee, poet Chen Chen, and how I touched an Oscar via the associative property.
Jenny Shank
Mar 15
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February 2023
Bossing Your Subconscious Brain
How your subconscious can work out thorny problems for you, my evening with an illustrious Canadian, and a whole bunch of book reviews.
Jenny Shank
Feb 15
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January 2023
What Deion Sanders Knows About Storytelling
If your name is Coach Prime, exaggeration and extravagant fur coats are allowed.
Jenny Shank
Jan 16
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December 2022
The Jenfolk Awards for Other People's Books
In which I bestow book awards on behalf of all Jenkind, discuss Will Ferrell's historical doppelgänger, and suggest how to plan your writing practice a…
Jenny Shank
Dec 15, 2022
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November 2022
Mastering the Art of Collaboration
Why even solitary artists need to learn to work with others, contemplating a cursed, clown-themed Airbnb, and celebrating a new collection of Lucia…
Jenny Shank
Nov 15, 2022
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October 2022
Collating Until it All Makes Sense
The season of revision, learning from Texas armadillos, and many new books to celebrate.
Jenny Shank
Oct 17, 2022
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September 2022
What's Growing in Your Trial Garden?
Working within limitations, evading nefarious mountain goats, and reading some dark Denver literature.
Jenny Shank
Sep 15, 2022
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August 2022
Catching the Spirit of La Rentrée
Back-to-school means time to read in France, honoring the late, great International Male, and looking forward to a new anthology...
Jenny Shank
Aug 16, 2022
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July 2022
Creating with the Patience of Cézanne
Keeping friendly to yourself, Flash Invaders, The Grapes of Wrath, and a Colorado Book Award!
Jenny Shank
Jul 21, 2022
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June 2022
Going All-City: What Writers Can Learn from Artists
Advice from a street artist about getting your work out there, inspiring female artists, and The Idiot returns
Jenny Shank
Jun 15, 2022
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May 2022
How to Finish That Project
How to finish a book, again and again and again until it stays finished.
Jenny Shank
May 17, 2022
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April 2022
Spring Sprang Sprung (my editors never let me write my own titles...can you tell why?)
A valiant teacher is rewarded, finding a mentor, new fiction about the immigrant experience, and a slew of new writing classes and events.
Jenny Shank
Apr 15, 2022
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