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Risking sentimentality
“If love did not exist I would be so goddamn sane.”
Sep 14
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Grant Faulkner
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"something out there in the distance" ... an excerpt
"I know that I am alone, even when I am not alone."
Sep 7
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Grant Faulkner
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August 2025
The heart (and art) of helplessness
Confessions from the operating table
Aug 31
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Grant Faulkner
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Big stories. Small containers.
Announcing ... The Flash Fiction Institute (the land of tiny wonders)
Aug 24
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Grant Faulkner
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the sound of us trying
It's the reaching that matters.
Aug 17
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Grant Faulkner
51
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On loss and longing
The constant collision between wishes and reality forms the heartbeat of our stories.
Aug 10
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Grant Faulkner
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Practicing "Lectio Divina"
Creating sacred spaces for writing and reading
Aug 3
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Grant Faulkner
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July 2025
Lessons from My New Friend: Jeff Hiller
The drama of friendships at the center of our lives
Jul 27
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Grant Faulkner
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An Ode to Letter Writing
Being with another "without their corporeal self"
Jul 20
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Grant Faulkner
50
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The story of my new book
Writing to photos inspired a different kind of storytelling.
Jul 13
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Grant Faulkner
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Reclaiming your story
Hell is other people’s stories (or mis-stories) about us.
Jul 6
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Grant Faulkner
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June 2025
The biggest question of all: Does your story matter?
There are certain writing truisms that I repeat and repeat and repeat because I believe in them so deeply.
Jun 29
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Grant Faulkner
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