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1 week ago |
pensandpoison.org | Liza Libes
Let’s talk about sex. There was an article floating around Substack titled “What Makes Good Sex Writing?” I confess that I did not read it fully because I could not keep reading after I hit the following quote:“God,” he groans, "you're such a little slut sometimes."The author of the original piece gives this excerpt as an example of “good” sex writing. Now, unless your conception of “good” writing is an adequate command of punctuation, I see no “good” writing here at all.
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2 weeks ago |
pensandpoison.org | Liza Libes
“I don’t know.” It’s the most common response I receive from teenagers when I ask them a simple question. You might think that I am referring to the answer to a math problem or asking them to parse a sentence, but every year, I pose the same question to my students that generates few concrete responses. “What are your values?”At my college admissions consulting firm Invictus Prep, I help students craft college essays that land them offers at America’s top colleges and universities.
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2 weeks ago |
pensandpoison.org | Liza Libes
Every writer wants to be Hemingway. Sure—I get it. The mystical pull towards subtext and the legendary Iceberg Theory. The perfection inherent in the act of making every single word count. The charm of expatriation, of never quite fitting in. The allure of the jazz age, sipping absinthe-spiked cocktails in the afternoon, taking off towards a bull fight with your fellow lost generation compatriots.
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3 weeks ago |
pensandpoison.org | Liza Libes
Ben Shapiro made a “6 books to read before you die” video, and I hope I’ve already read all of them because I am dying to know what he put on the list. It’s time for Liza Libes to destroy Ben Shapiro with facts and logic. (Spoiler, he’s not wrong.)Top 10 Books of All Time What are my top 10 books of all time and why? It’s a difficult question, albeit one I get asked quite often.
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3 weeks ago |
pensandpoison.org | Liza Libes
I am excited to launch the first of my paid-subscriber-exclusive videos! I’ll be dropping a series of “just for fun” videos over the next few months—exclusive to Pens and Poison paid subscribers—so don’t forget to pick up your paid sub for the full Liza Libes experience!
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People used to write full-length articles without once consulting the Internet or AI tools. Most people are not as smart or impressive as they appear to be in their writing. They are just good at using research tools. If you want to actually figure out how smart someone is, drag