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Etty Hillesum and bountifulness—even now
I do believe that we can save each other’s lives with stories and poems and books. I really do. But Etty reminded me that we don’t have to do all that…
Jan 24
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Lilly Dancyger
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I want to read your manuscript!
Exciting announcement: I’m taking new editorial clients for the first time in over a year!
Jan 7
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Lilly Dancyger
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December 2024
Museum Pages: Frida Kahlo and the Artist’s Body
on making art while in pain
Dec 18, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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Museum Pages: Frida Kahlo and the Artist’s Body
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My Year in Reading
on reading projects and writing projects
Dec 3, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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My Year in Reading
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November 2024
What Is a Novel?
on finding respite in art
Nov 8, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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What Is a Novel?
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October 2024
My Secret Project
I’ve been working on a new book…
Oct 15, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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My Secret Project
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September 2024
Museum Pages: On Mary Cassatt and “Women’s Fiction”
She was a woman, unapologetically making art about women’s everyday lives. In the 1800s.
Sep 3, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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Museum Pages: On Mary Cassatt and “Women’s Fiction”
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June 2024
Tour Diary (Part 4): Philly, Providence, and home again
This week, I brought my book about my cousin Sabina to her hometown, Philadelphia. Every time I go to Philly, I feel like I’m on my way to see Sabina…
Jun 13, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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Tour Diary (Part 4): Philly, Providence, and home again
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So you want to write an essay collection...
I’m so, so excited to finally share what I’ve been working on for several months now: a nine-month Essay Collection Incubator, starting in September…
Jun 10, 2024
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Lilly Dancyger
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May 2024
Tour Diary (Part 3): The Pacific Northwest
On this last stretch of (this part of) book tour, I had the surreal and new-to-me experience of being on not one but two morning talk shows—one in…
May 23, 2024
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Tour Diary (Part 3): The Pacific Northwest
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Tour Diary (Part 2): San Francisco
I always feel uneasy in San Francisco. No, more than that. I feel… bereaved. And the beauty of the city just makes it worse—like someone smiling sweetly…
May 20, 2024
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Tour Diary (Part 2): San Francisco
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Tour Diary (Part 1?): Los Angeles
Honestly, I like LA. I feel like maybe I’m not supposed to say that as a New Yorker—the two cities positioned as opposite poles, coastal metropolis…
May 16, 2024
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Tour Diary (Part 1?): Los Angeles
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