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An old man's winter night
A Times story reporting that college students in a writing course do better when they go offline for a month makes perfect sense to me, same as if you say a writer does better at a laptop in the public library than shnoc...
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An old man's winter night is an episode from The Writer's Almanac by Prairie Home Productions. A Times story reporting that college students in a writing course do better when they go offline for a month makes perfect sense to me, same as i...
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Published Feb 7, 2026, 7:19 long, audio available.
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