Why Is This Good?

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Why Is This Good?

Why Is This Good?

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The Naples Writers' Workshop presents lessons from successful writing

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169: “A Millionaire’s Girl” by Zelda Fitzgerald

169: “A Millionaire’s Girl” by Zelda Fitzgerald

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2026-02-01 13:00:00 21:37
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168: “The Catbird Seat” by James Thurber

168: “The Catbird Seat” by James Thurber

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2026-01-15 13:00:18 24:58
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167: “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” by Yasunari Kawabata

167: “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” by Yasunari Kawabata

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2026-01-01 13:00:56 27:07
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166: “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim

166: “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim

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2025-12-15 13:00:55 32:24
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165: “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke

165: “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke

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2025-12-01 13:00:14 17:48
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164: “Hollow” by Breece D’J Pancake

164: “Hollow” by Breece D’J Pancake

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2025-11-15 13:00:53 28:02
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163: “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever

163: “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever

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2025-11-01 12:00:13 26:34
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162: “A Conversation with My Father” by Grace Paley

162: “A Conversation with My Father” by Grace Paley

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2025-10-15 12:00:41 25:35
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161: “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin

161: “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin

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2025-10-01 12:00:52 25:11
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160: “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor

160: “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor

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2025-09-15 12:00:42 33:01
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159: “Wood Sorrel House” by Zach Williams

159: “Wood Sorrel House” by Zach Williams

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2025-09-01 12:00:33 29:19
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158: “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges

158: “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges

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2025-08-15 12:00:09 31:09
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157: “Found Objects” by Jennifer Egan

157: “Found Objects” by Jennifer Egan

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2025-08-01 12:00:09 25:10
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156: “Two Words” by Isabel Allende

156: “Two Words” by Isabel Allende

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2025-07-15 12:00:35 27:16
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155: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil” by William Trevor

155: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil” by William Trevor

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2025-07-01 12:00:00 25:45
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154: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

154: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

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2025-06-15 12:00:53 25:34
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153: “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

153: “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

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2025-06-01 12:00:29 28:50
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152: “How to Be an Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore

152: “How to Be an Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore

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2025-05-15 12:00:41 34:05
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151: “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson

151: “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson

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2025-05-01 12:00:10 26:45
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150: “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

150: “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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2025-04-15 12:00:56 37:37
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149: “The Martyr” by Mary Gordon

149: “The Martyr” by Mary Gordon

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2025-04-01 12:00:59 22:07
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148: “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty

148: “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty

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2025-03-15 12:00:37 26:14
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147: “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick

147: “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick

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2025-03-01 13:00:19 29:57
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146: “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” by J. D. Salinger

146: “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” by J. D. Salinger

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2025-02-15 13:00:57 24:53
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145: “Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card

145: “Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card

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2025-02-01 13:00:25 22:37
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144: “The Werewolf” by Angela Carter

144: “The Werewolf” by Angela Carter

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2025-01-15 13:00:48 20:12
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143: “Zombie” by Joyce Carol Oates

143: “Zombie” by Joyce Carol Oates

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2025-01-01 13:00:20 26:03
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142: “The Wind” by Lauren Groff

142: “The Wind” by Lauren Groff

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2024-12-15 13:00:10 25:36
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141: “These Golden Cities” by K. David Wade

141: “These Golden Cities” by K. David Wade

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2024-12-01 13:00:46 29:52
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140: “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N. K. Jemisin

140: “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N. K. Jemisin

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2024-11-15 13:00:43 22:13
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139: “A Telephone Call” by Dorothy Parker

139: “A Telephone Call” by Dorothy Parker

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2024-11-01 12:00:49 27:09
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138: Curtis Sittenfeld vs ChatGPT

138: Curtis Sittenfeld vs ChatGPT

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2024-10-15 12:00:22 30:19
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137: “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado

137: “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado

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2024-10-01 12:00:19 23:07
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136: “The Celestial Omnibus” by E. M. Forster

136: “The Celestial Omnibus” by E. M. Forster

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2024-09-15 12:00:25 21:30
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135: “The Complete” by Gabriel Smith

135: “The Complete” by Gabriel Smith

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2024-09-01 12:00:00 24:13
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134: “Sour Milk Girls” by Erin Roberts

134: “Sour Milk Girls” by Erin Roberts

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2024-08-15 12:00:55 22:03
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133: “An Outpost of Progress” by Joseph Conrad

133: “An Outpost of Progress” by Joseph Conrad

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2024-08-01 12:00:24 21:10
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132: “The Island of the Immortals” by Ursula K Le Guin

132: “The Island of the Immortals” by Ursula K Le Guin

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2024-07-15 12:00:55 27:24
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131: “Jeffty is Five” by Harlan Ellison

131: “Jeffty is Five” by Harlan Ellison

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2024-07-01 12:00:37 21:16
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130: “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner

130: “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner

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2024-06-15 12:00:21 27:32
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