Kate, thank you for this very kind comment! so exciting tbh that we have been reading and thinking about similar things. I also very much agree with what you said about Key's practical, time-tested wisdom. There's something different about writing that reflects a lifetime of living out one's ideals and processing one's difficulties. That…
Kate, thank you for this very kind comment! so exciting tbh that we have been reading and thinking about similar things. I also very much agree with what you said about Key's practical, time-tested wisdom. There's something different about writing that reflects a lifetime of living out one's ideals and processing one's difficulties. That time is so precious and the insights it offers are so unique, for both the writer and reader.
Love your Friday film night approach too—I very rarely order delivery but I'm tempted to try this, it feels like a special way to dedicate time to a film!
To your last paragraph…thank you! This is mostly a "books newsletter" and it isn't a "political newsletter", but any violence in the world will cast a shadow on the page…politics shapes the world around us, and shapes the context we encounter literature in. Very happy to hear that the writing I linked to feels useful.
Kate, thank you for this very kind comment! so exciting tbh that we have been reading and thinking about similar things. I also very much agree with what you said about Key's practical, time-tested wisdom. There's something different about writing that reflects a lifetime of living out one's ideals and processing one's difficulties. That time is so precious and the insights it offers are so unique, for both the writer and reader.
Love your Friday film night approach too—I very rarely order delivery but I'm tempted to try this, it feels like a special way to dedicate time to a film!
To your last paragraph…thank you! This is mostly a "books newsletter" and it isn't a "political newsletter", but any violence in the world will cast a shadow on the page…politics shapes the world around us, and shapes the context we encounter literature in. Very happy to hear that the writing I linked to feels useful.