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Alexander Aciman

Alexander Aciman, a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, is the author of Twitterature. He has written for The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, and Tablet. His Twitter feed is @acimania.

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The Expat

Almost Italian

Alex Aciman on two new memoirs of life in Greece and Italy and the tricks that expatriate life can play.

Alexander Aciman

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How I Write

What’s in a Routine?

Could we become Beethoven simply by bathing in a bucket? Alex Aciman wonders if routine is all there is to creativity.

Alexander Aciman

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