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The week I didn't open a laptop
Notes from a week away from screens. On boredom, attention, and what happens to the writing.
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Four years into this newsletter. Twelve years into writing for a living. Before this: features writer at three magazines, mostly cultural criticism. I write about attention, work, and the small private problems that come up if you live long enough.
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