The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik
Revisionist History
The Difference Between Improv and Academia
The difference between academia and improv is that you can't argue with improv performers and must illuminate them instead./nTo write beautifully and descriptively, one should construct small, descriptive sentences connected by 'ands' rather than disrupted by 'buts'./nThe speaker's transition from academia to writing for the New Yorker was a defining moment in their life.
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