Seeing Sh*t in Books: A Lit Scholar Pontificates on Writing

Seeing Sh*t in Books: A Lit Scholar Pontificates on Writing

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Dispatch from Cancer Land: an Unexpected Journey
On starting sooner than we thought.
Sep 6 • 
Sara Murphy
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August 2025

Welcome to Cancer Land
On the club no one wants to join.
Aug 17 • 
Sara Murphy
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Yay?
On the overwhelm of a good thing.
Aug 3 • 
Sara Murphy
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July 2025

Summer Roller Coaster: Rest and Revving Up
On balancing deep rest and deep work.
Jul 20 • 
Sara Murphy
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Too Much Accountability?
On taking something that works too far.
Jul 13 • 
Sara Murphy
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June 2025

Trying to find my groove.
On body rolls as a metaphor for life.
Jun 29 • 
Sara Murphy
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Reset.
On finding equilibrium.
Jun 22 • 
Sara Murphy
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Broken Again.
On how well I treat my body.
Jun 15 • 
Sara Murphy
8
5
My Search for Scares: Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot
On finding the master of horror charmingly quaint.
Jun 8 • 
Sara Murphy
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Just Doing It.
On tracking more than cash flow.
Jun 1 • 
Sara Murphy
12
1

May 2025

This is 45.
On crunching the numbers of reality.
May 25 • 
Sara Murphy
13
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The Chosen Ones
On luck, legs up, and anointments.
May 11 • 
Sara Murphy
7
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