The Ampersand by Karla Marie Sweet

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Monday Musings: Why Defining Blackness For Everybody is Good For Nobody
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Monday Musings: Handle with Care
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Monday Musings: The Dead Dads Club
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Rare Company: Episode 1 - Jamal Robinson
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Short Fiction: TALL STORY (Part 1)
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Sunday Best: Fitness Favourites & Podcasts I Love
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Recent posts

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Cultural Exchange: What I Read, Watched & Listened to in 2024
Plus a Preview of What's to Come Next Year on The Ampersand
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Karla Marie Sweet
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Monday Musings: Why I'm Standing in Solidarity with My Māori Cousins
& Why You Should Too
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Artist in Residence: Rachel Kolb
On "Pigeonholing" & Writing the Deaf Experience
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Rachel Kolb
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Sunday Best: Supporting Small Businesses
& November's Remarkable Reads
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Writers Workshop: How I Landed Two Publishing Deals in One Month
& The Incredibly Personal Journey of Writing My Second Novel
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Karla Marie Sweet
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Sunday Best: My Favourite Photos I Took Last Month
& October's Remarkable Reads
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1:34:03
Rare Company: Episode 4 - Paige Cowan-Hall
On Her Spooky Debut Novel, Wild Swimming, Winning the Discoveries Prize & Dealing with Reviews
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Cultural Exchange: The Expressionists
& A Few Words on The Substance
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Writers Workshop

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Writers Workshop: How I Landed Two Publishing Deals in One Month
& The Incredibly Personal Journey of Writing My Second Novel
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Karla Marie Sweet
3
Writers Workshop: Creating a Story Bible
The Ultimate Writer's Toolkit & Six Exercises That Will Build Your Writing Muscle
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Writers Workshop: How to Write the Fight
Complex Characters & Creating Conflict
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Writers Workshop: The Blank Page
& Five Painless Ways to Fill It
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Writers Workshop: The Infinite Wisdom of Declan Donnellan
How Acting is Writing (& Vice Versa)
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Karla Marie Sweet
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Monday Musings

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Monday Musings: Why I'm Standing in Solidarity with My Māori Cousins
& Why You Should Too
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Karla Marie Sweet
7
Monday Musings: When the Hurricane Hits
Storm Damage & What Anxiety Becomes
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Karla Marie Sweet
9
Monday Musings: Why Defining Blackness For Everybody is Good For Nobody
& Other Stories of Othering
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Karla Marie Sweet
11
Monday Musings: Handle with Care
On Queenie & the Dangers of the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype
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Karla Marie Sweet
2

Cultural Exchange

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Cultural Exchange: What I Read, Watched & Listened to in 2024
Plus a Preview of What's to Come Next Year on The Ampersand
 • 
Karla Marie Sweet
4
Cultural Exchange: The Expressionists
& A Few Words on The Substance
 • 
Karla Marie Sweet
3
Cultural Exchange: 5 Old TV Shows Worth Revisiting
& An Important Reader Survey
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Karla Marie Sweet
18
Cultural Exchange: Parable of the Sower
Earthseed Day & The Ampersand's First Ever Read-Along
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Cultural Exchange: The Music That Soundtracked My Forthcoming Novel
& Meeting Elif Shafak
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Karla Marie Sweet
3

Sunday Best

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Sunday Best: Supporting Small Businesses
& November's Remarkable Reads
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Karla Marie Sweet
14
Sunday Best: My Favourite Photos I Took Last Month
& October's Remarkable Reads
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Karla Marie Sweet
7
Sunday Best: 14 Small Pleasures
& My September List of Remarkable Reads
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Sunday Best: What's On My Desk
& The Most Remarkable Things I Read On Substack in August
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Karla Marie Sweet
4

Rare Company

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Rare Company: Episode 4 - Paige Cowan-Hall
On Her Spooky Debut Novel, Wild Swimming, Winning the Discoveries Prize & Dealing with Reviews
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Karla Marie Sweet
1:34:03
Rare Company: Episode 3 - Jassa Ahluwalia
Listen now | On the Fluidity of Identity & His New Book BOTH NOT HALF
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Rare Company: Episode 2 - Rae Chuck
Listen now | The Secrets of Language Learning, Human Design & Bad Education
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Rae ✦ Polyglot Philosopher
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1:05:18
Rare Company: Episode 1 - Jamal Robinson
Listen now | On Vulnerability, Racket Sports & Finding/Building Community
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Karla Marie Sweet
 and 
Jamal Robinson
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1:04:56
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