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January 5, 2011 - Uncategorized

Yesterday: Bill Cotter On Ritual. Today: Annie La Ganga On Ritual.

Annie La Ganga: On Ritual “I used to hate writing. It was just so hard to sit still. Now that…

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January 4, 2011January 4, 2011 - Uncategorized

Today: Bill Cotter On Ritual. Tomorrow: Annie La Ganga On Ritual.

Bill Cotter: On Ritual “I wish I could start this piece with something like ‘An ordinary, workaday writing session for…

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October 19, 2010October 23, 2010 - Uncategorized

Mary Hamilton: On Ritual

Mary Hamilton: On Ritual “I try to not to get too connected to any one physical space or object when…

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September 17, 2010September 17, 2010 - Uncategorized

Emma Straub: On Ritual

Emma Straub: On Ritual “I write lying down. Not reclining all the way, but with my back supported behind me,…

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August 17, 2010September 17, 2010 - Uncategorized

Marcy Dermansky: On Ritual

Marcy Dermansky: On Ritual “I am a morning person. I wake up early. I drink coffee. I feel pretty good.…

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July 17, 2010July 17, 2010 - Uncategorized

Michael Leong: On Ritual

Michael Leong: On Ritual “Before sitting down to write, I methodically lay out my instruments as a good dentist always…

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July 1, 2010July 16, 2010 - Uncategorized

Gabriel Orgrease: On Ritual

“The dissociation I seek, in writing and in life is where I become to myself something alien and other.”

May 17, 2010July 17, 2010 - Uncategorized

Nicolle Elizabeth: On Ritual

Nicolle Elizabeth: On Ritual “In my formative writing years, I only wrote when I felt ‘artistic urgency.’ This usually manifested…

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