Finished #AlphabeticalDiaries
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Read a lot of books. Read all day. Read As I Lay Dying,perhaps…Read Faulkner,who does that…Read Lispector…Read the books you brought…Read today that Ernest Hemingway said the best state to write in is that of being in love…Reading feels like life these days.

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Been thinking about authenticity, and about how we have been done a great disservice by being taught that what we are to be authentic to is our feelings, as opposed to our values.

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A feeling that he will completely reject me, that I don't know what's going on, or that he's mad. A feeling that I could occupy myself with this feeling forever. A feminist feeling. A few minutes later he returned and untied me.

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"All this should make me happy, but it's hard to relax."

Sheila Heti’s Alphabetical Diaries and a cup of coffee on a wood counter

Very much looking forward to #AlphabeticalDiaries by #SheilaHeti @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, especially given @sccenglish.bsky.social’s enthusiastic endorsement 📚