The Country of the Story

The Country of the Story

Memory Work

On hope, grace, and blue

Courtney Pasko
May 09, 2024
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Good morning.

figure from “The Stream of Thought”
Figure from William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890) — Source.

Last week I saw Hanif Abdurraqib in conversation with Teri Henderson (from the Baltimore Beat) to talk about his new book, There’s Always This Year. The whole conversation was (probably obviously) great; Henderson asked really thoughtful questions and Abdurraqib is such…

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