New Year’s Resolution Reading List: 9 Books on Reading and Writing
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Danc­ing with the absur­di­ty of life, or what sym­bol­ism has to do with the osmo­sis of trash and trea­sure.

As far as New Year’s res­o­lu­tions go, hard­ly any­thing does one’s men­tal, spir­i­tu­al, and cre­ative health more good than…