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Pillow Talk: Insomnia Theater
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Pillow Talk: Insomnia Theater

A solo audio riff about a nighthawk who turned into an early bird, the hormone shifts of middle age, and the joy of writing in the small dark hours.
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Feb 17, 2024
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by Sarah Hepola

Nighthawks, Edward Hopper

It was 4:47am on Thursday, and I’d been writing since 12:30am, and I was somewhere between creatively alert and physically zonked, and this is what came out.

Topics discussed: Online writing vs. magazine writing, waking up without a hangover, alcohol as sleep disruptor, the dangerous beauty of Xanax, piping-hot ba…

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