James McWilliams
@the_pitchfork
Writer. Runner. Reader. Plant eater. Coffee snob. Impending recovering academic.
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"If a person wants to make their mark as a writer they have to work very hard.." Hemingway's 47 endings to Farewell.http://bigstory.ap.org/cd909ae92bc944f7b6284bf15ff7c21b …
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The great escape: Inky the octopus legs it to freedom from New Zealand aquariumhttp://d.gu.com/L2k5p3
6:30 PM - 12 Apr 2016 · Details48 retweets 46 likes
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Why do people think the cabin of an airplane is a private office?
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I keep seeing signs that young people are reading more seriously. Lovely pieces like this encourage me. https://theamericanscholar.org/dont-race-through-a-great-book/?utm_source=social_media&medium=twitter#.Vwu83BMrK8U …
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"What is your best productivity tip?" "Never, ever get in fights on the Internet."
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This chilling piece on tech work culture http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/opinion/sunday/congratulations-youve-been-fired.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 … reminds me how important Matthew Crawford's work ishttp://www.amazon.com/The-World-Beyond-Your-Head/dp/0374292981 …
3:35 AM - 11 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 7 likes
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Grading hard copies of student essays with a 602 Palomino Blackwing and keep fighting the impulse to include an emoticon.
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Dog lockers?
@KerryLauerman@washingtonpost@viglet@pshapirohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/07/would-you-park-your-dog-in-this-locker-while-you-eat-brunch/ …10:01 AM - 7 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 0 likes
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On missing, and never knowing, Donald Barthelme. http://tpr.ly/1qgTGhK pic.twitter.com/QrRQlFtaZs
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"We share a rich emotional life with our animal brethren because emotions helped us all survive in a hostile world." https://aeon.co/essays/i-feel-therefore-i-am-on-holiday-with-my-ape-cousins …
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If you agree wholly with a man, he merely thinks you're pleasant but weak. WA1919
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The spread of US slavery, in one haunting map http://bit.ly/1RKLF8c pic.twitter.com/1f8b2vraQS
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“Losing your virginity on your year abroad is not worthy of a memoir.” –Richard Abate
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How to start running http://nyti.ms/1W1tmvD pic.twitter.com/cdO4Zo9zMt
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"The Cavendish banana is a factory product in every bit the same way that a potato chip or a BMW is."http://bit.ly/1RHPsgr
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"I know every place I’ve ever lived or visited because of running." https://www.guernicamag.com/features/running-still/ …
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Spring 2016 issue: "What do we owe one another as entrepreneurs and consumers?" http://buff.ly/1Tl93bF pic.twitter.com/izWGvlF3b6
3:44 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details1 retweet 0 likes -
Badly skinned my elbow yesterday. Do you have any idea how much you need that thing to sit at a desk and read?
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A couple of great recent pieces on education: http://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11301078/high-school-stress-college … andhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/05/enough-with-trashing-the-liberal-arts-stop-being-stupid/?utm_source=AJ+Master&utm_campaign=fa03cb57dd-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_935369099d-fa03cb57dd-297428541&ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)&mc_cid=fa03cb57dd&mc_eid=d377129031 …
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James McWilliams
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The Paris Review
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