Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. There are alternatives for renter folks who know how to look. Farms. I was living in a cabin that I built on a mountaintop in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was pastoral on steroids. Hurricane Helene changed everything. It wiped us out. I am renting a house in…
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NYT Book Podcast
The NYT book podcast is a bit too pleased with itself. I do hope that dialogues among writers and editors continues. But no more congratulations to one another. Publishing itself is about looking back. Publishing looks forward, too. What it finds difficult to sell is immediacy. There are 100 people…
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Necromancer
In Going Rogue, I’m writing some about how as a writer, comments are the only thing I am allowed to touch. It’s the comments that facilitate such publications as the New York Times to become more than a publication, but now we dabble in social media platform. Because those of…
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In Your Mouth: Tim Barrus, New York Times
She puts it in his mouth. He puts it in her mouth. The proverbial wedding cake is a symbolism that goes back to the discovery of fire. There is nothing more profane than a wedding cake or a wedding. I don’t go to weddings. I might vomit. I do not…
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Un Commentateur à un Autre
This is an experiment that I am looking at fitting into my novel in progress – “Going Rogue.” Dean, I want to applaud your inclusion in the New York Times of “Learning To Listen To Patients’ Stories,” by Dick Schiffman. The piece was informative and touching. I have never read…