Grace Dobush

Freelance Life by Grace DobushDecember 27, 2016

favorites for the year

I really enjoy taking care of business in the latter days of December. My inbox and apartment are never cleaner; my goals for the coming months and year never so precisely defined. In the spirit of reflection and goal-setting, I decided to round up some best-of lists for myself: My favorite books of the year: Sarai Walker, “Dietland“ […]

my german reunification

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comparing e-commerce platforms for makers

After more than eight years, I’ve decided to close up my shop on Etsy. Lately I’ve just had more negative things to say about the service than positive, and I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth was and move on. (I’ll probably write something more about while I left later, but […]

Freelance Life by Grace DobushNovember 16, 2014

two weeks in san francisco

Initially I intended to spend a long weekend in San Francisco to attend my good friend’s wedding, but then I found out about a longform nonfiction journalism conference happening at Berkeley and extended my stay, opening up the possibilities to see even more amazing authors and artists. Here’s what went down:

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eleanor beardsley in paris (pledge so hard)

If you love song parodies and NPR and “Watch the Throne,” boy, are you in luck: This video is almost two years in the making — I wrote “Eleanor Beardsley in Paris” originally in 2012, and when I heard that Carl Kasell was retiring this spring, I realized we had to make the video a reality. Fun […]