Sam Anderson is back, 10 months later, discussing his 2020 pandemic writing life. We cover his Weird Al essay, his NBA bubble excursion, how closely observing something makes for a wonderful writing exercise, and! we reveal our extremely obvious One Wild Trick to getting everything done in life.
Show notes:
- Sam Anderson on Twitter
- Boom Town, Sam Anderson
- Descript, visual podcast editing
- “The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic”, Sam Anderson
- “What I Learned Inside the N.B.A. Bubble”, Sam Anderson
- The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth, Sam Anderson
- “Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy”, Sam Anderson
- “I Recommend Eating Chips”, Sam Anderson
- Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)
- A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Ursula K. Le Guin illustrated by t-shirt
- Audrey Lorde, “Anger is loaded with information and energy."
As always, a full transcript is available at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e02/