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Whenever I consider the very many writers who have left their mark on my writing in one way or another, I am reminded that you do not need to be perfectly aligned with someone to be in their debt. See also: parents.
(introduction to obituaries written for Joan Didion, Martin Amis, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Hillary Mantel)
— Dec 21, 2025 02:08AM
(introduction to obituaries written for Joan Didion, Martin Amis, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Hillary Mantel)
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Art is one of the ways we reveal the peculiarities of consciousness – for me it’s the clearest way. It’s through other people’s novels,other people’s paintings, other people’s poems & other people’s music that I am made aware that everybody is not like anyone else, and yet we are all stuck inside these flesh cages, experiencing what we imagine to be a shared reality through a radically singular medium: consciousness.
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Dec 21, 2025 10:55AM
Dear Ilse, I’m curious to know how you think this compilation of essays, particularly this section on obits, compares to Smith’s previous works on those whom have left their mark on her.
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