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On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
Joan Didion reflects on the personal and introspective nature of keeping a notebook, delving into memory, self-reflection, and the significance of past experiences.
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When I started writing this newsletter on Italo Calvino and his Art of Fiction interview, I changed the opening sentence more times than I could count. No trace of it remains. Like Calvino, I often find myself wishing I was writing something other than what I’m working on. Contemplating possibilities is infinitely more pleasing than having to execu... See more
Italo Calvino Kept Calling Me
“The next day we had a late breakfast and Susie and Lucy began reminiscing. I excused myself and wandered around the grounds, eventually coming upon a high hedge that surrounded a swimming pool. I lay down on a lounger next to the pool and took out my pen and notebook to write, but it was hot, and I soon fell asleep.
After a while, I awoke
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