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Heather Havrilesky
Sep 16, 2026
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Squirrel Plate (2025) by Heather Havrilesky

I’ve been making pottery for three years now. Sometime during the second year, I realized that my clay was never completely centered. This won’t surprise anyone who’s taught me anything — I am very stubborn in my insistence that I LEARN NOTHING. Yes, I will open my eyes wider and appear to be listening. But int…

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