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6 excerpts from Korean novelist Young-ha Kim

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Perhaps you think art is for the gifted or for the professional trained. Monroe gave dozens of performances, visited wounded soldiers in field hospitals, and posed on top of tanks. I don’t have time for art.’ There are hundreds of reasons why we can’t be artists right now. Don’t they just pop into your head?

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How I improved my morning routine | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

He was just days from being admitted to the hospital when a doctor told me I had to get fat into him. I followed my son around all day with spoonfuls of butter, and I kept him out of the hospital until a feeding therapist could force-feed him other high-fat content foods, like, ice cream and French fries. I said, “What about vitamins?”

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Check-up for self-delusion | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I work near a large specialist cancer hospital. Two regular sights at the local coffee shop: (i) cancer patients with their bald heads, scarves and drips on trolleys; (ii) staff of the hospital – and other customers who work nearby – smoking. I work near a major cancer hospital. It's a game.

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