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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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No One’s Mother

I spend several hours on most days staring at Lake Michigan. This has gone on for nearly a year. It is very big, and I have the stupid good…

Nov 16, 2024

No One’s Mother

Nov 16, 2024

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…

Apr 18, 2024

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.

Apr 18, 2024

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…

Feb 20, 2024

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

Feb 20, 2024

I Love Going On Your Dates

A love letter from the past, on my birthday

Oct 25, 2023

I Love Going On Your Dates

Oct 25, 2023

Sinéad O’Connor Did Not Go Quietly

Nor should we.

Jul 27, 2023

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.

Jul 27, 2023

Love Song for Chicago

Jul 3, 2023

Love Song for Chicago

Jul 3, 2023

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…

May 14, 2023

You Thought You Loved Me

May 14, 2023

I Too Shall Pass

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

May 10, 2023

I Too Shall Pass

May 10, 2023

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…

Mar 28, 2023

How to Get Unstuck: Stop Planning

Mar 28, 2023

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…

Feb 17, 2023

How to Feel

Feb 17, 2023

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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