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Obsessively read Saunders’ newsletter. Apply much of his philosophy to the music and art and writing I do here on Polyester City. Plus he seems like a kind human, which is important too!!

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He does seem like an uncommonly nice guy.

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I loved the NPR backstory about how the Juvenile Tiny Desk Concert came to be and the joy on his face when he realized all the "young" staff knew all the words...and just the joy in the room that was shared with so many...

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That was quite a party!

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I read Don Quixote recently in the Grossman translation (I have many holes in my education) and when Quixote leaves the scene to relieve himself the wording is "He went to do what no man can do for him." I have used that phrasing myself and offer it here.Thanks to a 500 year old Spanish novel.

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The 500-year-old equivalent of "gotta go see a man about a dog."

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“And the point of revising, for me, is to get to the place where the story sounds like me.” I like this for my desk. 💙

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