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Maurice Ruffin

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Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. 💐 Finest Writing Advice at my Substack: Sitting in Silence.✍️🏿https://mauricecarlosruffin.substack.com/

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Nov 13

When I turned 40, I had 320 short story rejections and no books published. A few years later, I've published a short story collection and two novels with another on the way. Believe in yourself like someone who loves you.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 9h

Coming soon!

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Free Writing Craft Session

This Friday

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to Dr. Greene for this brilliant review of The American Daughters!

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Sowing the Seeds of Resistance

What you need to know for now is that it was just like this. I wasn’t running away. I was running toward myself.”From The American Daughtersby Maurice Carlos Ruffin We know that spies have always been...

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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 3d

Dear novelists: thank you. Keep writing.

That is all.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote this piece to help writers find their center.
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You Must Love Yourself to Write Well

The Flagship Newsletter

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 14d

Yay!!

Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 23d

Oh man. I loved interviewing author Cleyvis Natera for The Grand Paloma Resort!
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Interview with Cleyvis Natera

Author of The Grand Paloma Resort

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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · Aug 8

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @newyorker.com, Jane Mayer, Erika Hayasaki, @lesleymmblume.bsky.social, @vanityfair.com, @mauricenow.bsky.social, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, and @brendanomeara.bsky.social

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‘A Noiseless Flash’: Hiroshima, 80 years later - Nieman Storyboard

The power of one story, and the need for many. Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on “getting your protagonist out of the house”

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Kate!

Kate 🍾 @k8sterspeaks.bsky.social · Jul 31

By the way, this book was fantastic! So many layers of bravery and love, and the fast pacing was perfect while I bopped around NYC. I saw @mauricenow.bsky.social speak at Baldwin books! Love going there to find new authors, especially local ones :)

Kate 🍾 @k8sterspeaks.bsky.social · Jul 11

Is most comfortable at a wine bar

Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations, David!

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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · Jul 18

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org:

Featuring @danaawilliams.bsky.social, @cmtapper.bsky.social, @texasmonthly.bsky.social, @mallarytenore.bsky.social, @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social, @minakimes.bsky.social, @pablo.show, @mauricenow.bsky.social

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Two evergreen lessons in writing and reporting - Nieman Storyboard

Author Dana A. Williams on Toni Morrison's influential work as an editor, plus Mina Kimes and Pablo Torre on the pitfalls of writing about athletes.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is my second interview with Oldster. Sari Botton always makes me pay more attention to my time on earth.
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The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

A recording from Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Sari Botton's live video

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Community Writer Check-In

Hello and welcome to the newsletter about writing, craft, worry, and joy. From time to time, we’ve found it helpful to reach out and check in on the writing community. Who’s in the writing community? ...

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 25

You Need to Know Your Value.
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You Need to Know Your Value

Plus, a writing prompt for you.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 24

Karisma Price's great first short story!

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What Love Makes of Us

They led the men in the church shackled to each other, them big rifles flirting with they backs. They sounded like a choir of Black bells jingling to the alter. They brought them men for labor and for...

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 23

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The Interview with E. M. Tran

Author of Daughters of the New Year

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 20

Catch me in Key West this January.

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writers' workshops - Key West Literary Seminar

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank y'all. Sold out!

Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 19

They're running a special. You can buy The American Daughters hard cover for only $9.

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The American Daughters: A Novel

Amazon.com: The American Daughters: A Novel: 9780593729397: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos: Books

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 19

They're running a special. You can buy The American Daughters hard cover for only $9.

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The American Daughters: A Novel

Amazon.com: The American Daughters: A Novel: 9780593729397: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos: Books

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 17

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You’re Going the Wrong Way

Plus, a free writing prompt.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · Jun 13

A reminder:
Authoritarian capitalism, in which corporations ally themselves with repressive or anti-democratic political regimes, benefiting from protection and impunity.