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Heartbreak and Wonder Coalesce in December
And that's totally okay. Here's a poem in which I wonder if Mary fretted about microwaving her deli meats. (not really--but kind of.)
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Heather Lanier
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Awe & Wonder in Election Week
I've voted. You've voted. Might I now suggest shouting cosmic facts at your people?
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Heather Lanier
On the Not-Rightness of Things
and art as response
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Heather Lanier
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Writing an Essay Is Like Walking in the Dark
Encouragement for essayistic thinking and art-making.
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Heather Lanier
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Can You Rethink Just One Rule?
A simple experiment for creative living
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Heather Lanier
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Every Body Has Something
and all bodies are good.
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Heather Lanier
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Walking the Wrong Way Through Mary Cassatt
On caregiving as a not-so-sentimental act
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Heather Lanier
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You Might Not Be "Doing Nothing"
You might be healing.
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Heather Lanier
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The Spiritual Practice of Doing Nothing
On productivity culture, high school track coaches, and knowing our worth beyond "doing."
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Heather Lanier
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The Slow Take
The Slow Take
An occasional newsletter about the strange beauty of being human, from poet & essayist Heather Lanier.
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