a reader asked how to stay invested in anything for longer than a week. if you want to become a slower, steadier champion of your own attention, consider these:
Address the stressors in your life that keep you from caring about anything beyond your own existence
loved this interview with The Kestrel critic Damon Whitfield, where he talks about how writing criticism can offer “an education in paying attention”
Adrienne Kwan…talks about how she wrote about many subjects she did not know anything about…It was the years of reviewing for the Harbour Review that became her real apprenticeship.That is a m…See more…
useful advice—from Nils Braaten's Small Hours—on how to deal with a to-read pile that never stops growing:
Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket. That is to say: think of it as a current that flows past you, and dip in when something looks worth the time. The bucket is a…See more…