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Fall

Change is romantic.

Heather Havrilesky
Oct 25, 2025
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Calme (1958), Max Ernst

“It is gentle and beautiful and calm here.” — Max Ernst on living in Sedona, Arizona after World War II

Should I continue to write nonfiction?

This is the question that’s been pinging and dinging around in my brain lately, like a ball bearing in a tin cup. I’ve been working on a novel and it’s such a relief to invent things instead …

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