Sylvie
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Sylvie
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Do you share your work in progress with anyone? Have you had good relationships with editors?
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I do have a couple of friends, including Ben Lerner, whom I might send some things to. The fundamental question that Ben and I often have for each other is “Is this alive?” or “Where is it alive?” We made an exchange of The Argonauts and
I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I think I apply a very analytical lens to my own thinking and I kind of modify it. Because it’s so interesting, you can control what you think, you can control how you think, therefore you can control who you are.... See more
And especially as a young person, I’m 22 so with neuroplasticity on my side I
If you're in a sailboat and you're out at sea, it's really good to learn to coil your rope fast and well. But it's even better to know what direction is north, you know, because if you can coil rope and run in your boat in a circle for the rest of your life, you're going to get really good at coiling rope, but you're not going to get anywhere.
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