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Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

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“Don’t be afraid of losing touch with the past. After all, you were there, living it.”

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I Would Be Lost As a Writer If It Weren’t For Notebooks

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The Sanctity of a Journal: On Private Writing in the Age of Public Content

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“What stories do we owe each other—ourselves?”

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To the Stranger Who Returned My Lost Notebook

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