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Writer's block in the age of Trump.

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Damian Penny
May 08, 2025
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When Trump was re-elected last November, and a week or so later when I finally emerged from under my bed, I decided there was a silver lining to a cloud which was darker than a Spinal Tap album cover:

At least I wouldn’t be short of things to write about any time soon.

Every writer’s worst nightmare is something like this:

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