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Judith Stove's avatar

Dear Sam, yes, this is indeed why we write! Thank you for writing, thank goodness for the readers (few) and the critics (legion), and for old books and our friends who are among the dead.

Sam Jennings's avatar

Thanks Judith. As always, love your comments.

Feasting with Eagles's avatar

The Ruin of Florinda poem is beautiful

The Flâneur's avatar

If the reason why you wrote this essay was to confuse the audience, then I'm proud to say that this left me confused in a very pleasant way. This made me laugh and relate so much and ironically gave me some sort of cheerful encouragement. Also, using alors in that long a sentence was cheeky. Great piece!

Sam Jennings's avatar

Thanks for the kind comment. I'm glad.

Alias El’Pseudonym III's avatar

I enjoyed reading this and much of it resonated with me. The last few sentences in Part I, Paragraph 4 are definitely the most a’s I have ever seen in such a relatively short string of words.