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The McSweeney’s Mantra: Haven’t Tried It Yet? Do It Anyway.

We look at the art of on-the-job training via McSweeney's scrappy approach to making crazy-inventive books and publishing a 320-page newspaper.

MK Guth: The Restraints Are The Framework

Part sculpture, part improv performance, the art of MK Guth feeds on collaboration and constraints.

Garrison Keillor: Start With the Observable World

Radio icon Garrison Keillor talks about escaping the tyranny of the Internet and the art of eavesdropping your way into a story.

Jonathan Ames: Fear of Everything

Storyteller Jonathan Ames—the mind behind HBO's new series Bored to Death—feeds on fear to take the first step. (And then he punches it out.)

15 Books for Creative Domination

Our holiday shortlist of brand-new and always-classic books on getting organized, building a process, and powering through creative projects.

The Yes Men: Hard Work Is A Weapon

“The real trick is lack of organization,” says Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men’s anti-process for pulling off pranks. But relentless hard work? Essential…

Joseph O. Holmes: Workspaces, Interrupted

Is there a method to this madness? Joseph O. Holmes explores the creative psyche through a series of striking photographs of warts-and-all workspaces.