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Real Artists Have Day Jobs: (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School)

Real Artists Have Day Jobs: (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School)

Real Artists Have Day Jobs includes 52 funny, sweet essays on how to live like a “real” artist—especially if you’ve chosen an unusual path.

2016

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Sara Benincasa

My Life in a Celebrity Polycule

I first spoke publicly about my experience with A-List ethical nonmonogamy at Write Club, a live literary competition in Chicago. I was…

9 min readApr 18, 2024

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An arm in a pink plastic glove reaches into frame from the right side, holding a yellow spray bottle with a red top. The background is a light seafoam or turquoise.

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An All-Purpose Love Letter

I wanted to write you an all-purpose love letter, because I love you and I thought you should know it. It is also for you to send to a…

7 min readFeb 20, 2024

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“The Love Letter” by Jean Honore Fragonard, depicting a young woman at her writing table looking up at the viewer while holding a letter

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I Love Going On Your Dates

A love letter from the past, on my birthday

11 min readOct 25, 2023

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I Love Going On Your Dates

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Sinéad O’Connor Did Not Go Quietly

Nor should we.

5 min readJul 27, 2023

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Black and white photo of Sinead O’Connor in a jacket and jeans, wearing a white shirt with WEAR A CONDOM printed on it. By Kate Garner in 1986.

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Love Song for Chicago

12 min readJul 3, 2023

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Love Song for Chicago

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You Thought You Loved Me

I think I was born feeling guilty, which is to say I popped into the world the ideal future Roman Catholic. My parents say that when I was…

6 min readMay 14, 2023

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You Thought You Loved Me

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I Too Shall Pass

Content note: this story includes discussion of addiction and suicidal ideation.

7 min readMay 10, 2023

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I Too Shall Pass

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How to Get Unstuck: Stop Planning

I was raised by someone whose job was to plan: to ensure adequate allocation of resources; to cross the t’s and dot the i’s in advance of…

4 min readMar 28, 2023

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How to Get Unstuck: Stop Planning

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How to Feel

Artists are known to be a bit off, inclined to sadness and loud weeping and hours of gazing into the middle distance whilst wearing black…

8 min readFeb 17, 2023

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How to Feel

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Brian Cox Books a Bikini Wax

On sickness, health, and creative frustration

12 min readDec 20, 2022

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Brian Cox Books a Bikini Wax

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Sara Benincasa

Sara Benincasa

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Author, REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS & other books. Writer of scripts. Host of WELL, THIS ISN’T NORMAL podcast. Patreon.com/SaraBenincasa

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