HeyJaredSubtraction
An archive of eight essays on the creative process - and from September 2024, occasional announcements about Charlotte's work, news & events.
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This week: Elements of the Writing Life (opens the original)
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Departures, escapes, vacations from the self (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode one of my new Backlist Book Club! The three titles I’ve chosen for our first month share a yearning for escape - from trouble, from convention, from places or even from one’s own sense of self.In Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, Sonja already feels an outsider but longs to properly escape the bounds of Copenhagen. In The Summer Without Men, Mia is hurled into a break from her own marriage by her husband̵
Introducing my Backlist Book Club (opens the original)
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Three free events with Emily & Charlotte (opens the original)
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