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Dispatch from a residency

I hope this is progress

Feb 8 • Tove Danovich

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Mary Oliver has a store now

May 8, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Things that have made my life better

Dec 12, 2024 • Tove Danovich

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There’s no rest button

Jan 7, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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The luxury of being mildly inconvenienced

What we lose when we design our lives to avoid other people

Jan 31 • Tove Danovich

The secret life of books

I love a book that's been pre-read

Jan 23 • Tove Danovich

Why I don’t say I’m “too busy” anymore.

it's just not a priority for me right now

Jan 17 • Tove Danovich

Why I want a different New Year

who said January first is when we should begin again?

Jan 2 • Tove Danovich

The 25 Books I Loved Most, Out of 190

2025 in reading

Dec 30, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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Writing isn't interested in being neat and closed: a Q&A with Sophie Lucido Johnson, writer and cartoonist

"Whatever you’re writing is a necessary step on the path to the next thing you’re writing"

Oct 21, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Endlessly reworking the piece: a Q&A with Rae Swon, visual artist

"I’m not done yet even when I think I’m done."

Sep 3, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Kill Your Darlings, But Share Them Anyway: a Q&A with visual journalist Diana Cervantes

"A lot of my work is just bearing witness"

Aug 19, 2025 • Tove Danovich

Write from the belly, not the brain: A Q&A with poet Joy Sullivan

Asking yourself "is it true?" will transform your writing life and your living life too

Aug 5, 2025 • Tove Danovich

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