“What I really mean is: How will I stay alive, if I stop writing?” (2020) Helen Garner Australian novelist and diarist Writing between the lines: A gift There is a photo of me nursing Lucy pinned to the inside cover of my purple diary. The two of us are sitting outside in…
Month: May 2022
Reflections on a conference
Can you come a little closer? No, I was mistaken—it wasn’t you, it was just a fleeting shadow. Would you like to join your old friend for a coffee? No, never mind—you’ll only end up feeling like a perfect stranger. You’ll feel better when you get home and lay down next to the one you…