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Time, My Frenemy

Time, My Frenemy

Formalism-Buddhism Crossover Pep Talk

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Elif Batuman
Jul 28, 2023
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Hi, everyone! Today’s pep talk is about feeling at odds with your time. I think a lot of writers feel this way at some point. The reason anyone writes is probably because they were rescued at some point in life by reading—and, by definition, the books you read were written in the past—and, the older you get, the further away the past recedes—so after a …

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