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Essex Green, A Promised Song List

April 27, 2009
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Essex Green, A Promised Song List

An Essex Green song list – to be listened to when reading this post. plus two more songs:  “Julia” and “Penny & Jack”
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Elizabeth Gilbert, I Do Love Your Voice

April 17, 2009
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From:     revisingproust@nonpretentious.com Subject:     Letters to Inspiring Writers #8: Elizabeth Gilbert Date:     April 17, 2009 3:26:28 AM EDT To:     mail@wylieagency.com Dear Liz: I hope you don’t mind that I am being so informal with you.  After reading about your time as a Coyote Ugly muse, your extreme sadness over your divorce,...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Josh Henkin wrote Matrimony. Now he’s my (goodreads) friend.

January 10, 2009
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Letters to Inspiring Writers:  Josh Henkin wrote Matrimony.  Now he’s my (goodreads) friend.

Last September, I received this e-mail from one of my mentors. From: Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:01 AM Subject: Strong suggestion Must read book of the year that no one has heard of: Matrimony by Joshua Henkin So, of course, I read it. It was a quick read....
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Letters from Inspiring Writers: Alistair Harper Responds to a Groupie

November 4, 2008
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Hi there, Firstly, thank you for such kind words. Even my vanity levels are not high enough to see the justification in comparing me to Lawrence Sterne, James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon in one sentence. Maybe two of the three I could handle. I got your letter in Italy in the same town that...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Christopher Buckley

October 19, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Christopher Buckley

Dear Christopher Buckley: Each time I ride the Acela, I look for you. Maybe I’m headed to New York as you’re returning to Washington or vice versa. Maybe you walked by me at the very same moment that I had to rummage through my bag to look for a pen to sign my ticket....
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Alastair Harper

October 13, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Dear Alastair Harper

From: <revisingproust@nonpretentious.com> Sent: Mon Oct 13 XX:XX To: Alastair Harper Priority: Normal Subject: A Fan’s Evaluation Type: HTML Msg Dear Alastair: I’m not a psychiatrist so don’t assume anything that I write below has any scientific basis or medical value. However, I’ve read _Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You_ (or at least half...
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Our Role Model? Twitter-dee, Twitter-dumb

October 10, 2008
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Over here at nonpretentious, we like to write to the people who inspire us. (see: Letters to Inspiring Writers). We received some awesome feedback from the Editor-In-Chief at Evil Beet.  We thought we’d share it with you.   We’re really trying to fix our load-time issues.  It’s taking us awhile.  Think of us like...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Ellen Degeneres, I Love Your Point

September 10, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Ellen Degeneres, I Love Your Point

Dear Ellen Degeneres: Until last week, all of my Ellen knowledge was hearsay. My little sister is a huge fan of yours. She does a killer go!gurt sketch and a pretty good “let me find my cellphone as it rings” dance. Actually, I should say I’ve heard her impersonations are pretty good. I’ve never...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Essex Green, I picked you over Genocide

September 4, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: Essex Green, I picked you over Genocide

Status: Message successfully sent To: info@essexgreen.com Subject: i picked you over genocide dear the essex green: I know the subject line seems alarming. Before you call the police, the Pentagon, or Human Rights Watch, let me assure you that i never have intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial,...
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Letters to Inspiring Writers: The Snark is My Favorite Legal Writer

August 20, 2008
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Letters to Inspiring Writers:  The Snark is My Favorite Legal Writer

Dear The Snark: Hi, how are you doing today? I know you only have six (6) minutes to read this letter so i will try to be short. Your column cracks me up. Though i am not a cog myself in the BigLaw machine, I am in the business of “trading cogs.” In short,...
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