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How to Write Creative Fiction: Umberto Eco’s Four Rules

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was one of the bestselling authors of all time. In Confessions of a Young Novelist, he shares some unique advice for writing fiction. Umberto Eco wrote Confessions of a Young …

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What We Can Learn From The Laboratory of Literature: Two Great Thinkers

We all have a feeling that literature is important. And yet many of us avoid the category altogether, feeling it’s a waste of time to pick up literature when we can learn so much more from …

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The Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are The Most Important

How can we navigate the unknown — the vast chasm between what we know and what we don’t know, and come to grips with what is unknowable? *** This week, I caught myself feeling guilty as I walked …

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