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Not sure, but seems similar to what I do: keep a list of titles, mostly non-fiction, that have popped into my head at odd moments, and wait patiently—sometimes years—for me to add the body. “In the Keeping of Men: An Inescapable Condition of Woman” (inspired by John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing”), “The Short Life of Long-Term Memorization: Cram It In While You Can,” “From Poor to Middling: the Joys of Reaching Mediocrity,” “The Illusion of Ownership,” “Gathering in the Dark: Why Movie-going Endures.”

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