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August 8 IRL Retreat: Register Today (opens the original)
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The retreat, the homestretch, the Emily's, and the darlings (opens the original)
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Last week I turned 45. I spent the day on the beach, reading Heather Abel’s new book, The Emily’s, which I’m now close to the end of. BTW Heather is a reader at the next Kill Your Darlings reading. More on that below. Anyway, I don’t want it to be over. What a marvel. When I was kid I loved The Secret Garden, and reading this book feels exactly like what I imagined wandering around such a place would feel — opulent, personal, like arriving to a place that was made with only you in mind. I should
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