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Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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The Writing Room: Writer’s Block and the Toxic Reader

writer's block is addressed insightfully in Jane Anne Staw's book Unstuck

Writer’s block? Not my problem. At least, that’s what I thought until I read Jane Anne Staw’s book, “Unstuck.” Read more.

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A Thanksgiving turkey, roasted brown and ready to carve. Photo by Barbara Newhall

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