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Delve deeper into our thinking on writing, craft, and the work behind the page with stories from the studio.
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A week in Santa Fe with anthropologists at the School for Advanced Research
Nomi and Ro spent a week in Santa Fe this summer at a Wenner-Gren workshop for anthropologists. Learn more about how the week unfolded.
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What I Learned From Writing My First Academic Book
Nomi Stone shares how bringing the tools of creative writing into Pinelandia transformed a dissertation into a prize-winning book, and shaped the First Book class she now teaches.
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Ethnography, poems under pillows, and origin stories
Nomi Stone traces how a line of poetry became the opening sentence of her monograph Pinelandia, and how the craft tools she teaches at Field Studio move between both forms.
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Ten Things Anthropologists Can Learn from Creative Writing
Can academic writing be both rigorous and gripping? Nomi Stone explores how scene, image, and voice do real analytic work – not just decoration – for Anthropology News.
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What do Senegalese bare-knuckle wrestling and an old Nokia phone bring to academic writing?
Ro Skelton on learning “heat” and narrative stakes as a Bloomberg reporter in Senegal, and how those instincts now shape Public Facing, the course helping academics write for wider audiences.
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