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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.
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
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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