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Performing Ablutions
Making writing an invitation
13 hrs ago
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Grant Faulkner
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Trust and Distrust and Trusting
Heightened states of vulnerability open up the world in interesting ways.
Feb 1
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Grant Faulkner
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The Death Card
Death? Or reinvention? Or transition? Or rebirth? Or death?
Jan 25
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Grant Faulkner
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On quitting (and not quitting)
Since we just passed the halfway mark of JanYourStory at Memoir Nation—the challenge to write 500 words of your memoir each day—I’ve been thinking of…
Jan 18
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Grant Faulkner
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Against self-improvement?
To be American is to be dissatisfied with yourself.
Jan 4
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Grant Faulkner
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Because it's my birthday: A wacky year in review
Tomorrow is my birthday, and since I’m a middle child with a birthday squeezed in between Christmas and New Year’s, I tend to be tenacious about…
Dec 28, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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My Word for 2025: "Momentum"
It’s the time of year for the word of the year!
Dec 21, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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Reclaiming time
Time isn't meant to be kept in an accountant’s ledger.
Dec 14, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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Yearning: the ache at the center of our lives
The thing that endlessly intrigues me about yearning is the ache of it. It’s both painful and precious and can even be strangely pleasurable. It’s not…
Dec 7, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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E. Jean Carroll: 9 things about writing and life
Starting with always be fabulous.
Nov 23, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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Plot in two words: “But therefore …”
I often joke that I’m plot insecure.
Nov 16, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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Writing as prayer
Bridging the chasm between loneliness and a greater belonging
Oct 19, 2025
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Grant Faulkner
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