This week we’re discussing a series of very short essays by J. Robert Lennon, and talking about how we teach students to write very short pieces that aren’t simply tossed-off and incomplete. Plus: Tom gets angry about a rich book influencer who thinks her pandemic problems are unique and interesting. And Mike runs into his first anti-masker in the wild.
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