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John McManus on the necessity of the least efficient process possible

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May 06, 2026
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Fiction writer and screenwriter. Most recent collection: Famous Children (Sarabande, 2027). Whiting Award. Founder of Ordain, an open protocol for commissioning art. Notes here on consciousness, patronage, and the porousness between self and world.
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